{"id":290850,"date":"2023-09-13T13:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=290850"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:03:57","slug":"evertons-proposed-owner-was-nicked-over-trafficking-drugs-as-mugshot-resurfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/evertons-proposed-owner-was-nicked-over-trafficking-drugs-as-mugshot-resurfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton&#8217;s proposed owner was nicked over trafficking drugs as mugshot resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everton fans have been left stunned after finding out about their potential new majority owner\u2019s drugs past.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees\u2019 current billionaire owner Farhad Moshiri is in advanced talks to sell the club to 777 Partners LLC. <\/p>\n<p>The Miami-based group have been in talks for months over a deal to invest in the Merseyside club and are now understood to be frontrunners after MSP Sports Capital pulled out last month.<\/p>\n<p>But eagle-eyed Everton supporters have unsurfaced an old mugshot of their prospective owner from the time he was arrested for trafficking cocaine.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Everton &apos;growing optimistic&apos; of takeover from company who own four other European clubs <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The picture in question dates back to 2004, showing the businessman with his full name &#8211; Joshua Craig Wander &#8211; and the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>Reports claim Wander, at the time a University of Florida student, was arrested in Gainesville, North Central Florida, in 2003 on felony charges of attempting to traffic cocaine. <\/p>\n<p>Aged 21, Wander was caught trying to deliver 31 grams of cocaine in a controlled package through the mail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30931114.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_JW.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and a US Postal Service inspection conducted a search warrant, after which they found the substance which tested positive for cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest report stated Wander, who founded 777 Partners in 2015, acknowledged the package was his. Brazilian outlet O Globo reported he was released shortly after on bond, having claimed the cocaine was for himself and a friend, before facing a lengthy parole.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30922503.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_SOCCER-JPL-D33-STANDARD-VS-UNION-SG.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30886393.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_JS298419985.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prime Video is available as part of the Amazon Prime membership, which costs \u00a38.99 per month or \u00a395 annually for an individual.<\/p>\n<p><span>The membership gives access to all the perks of Amazon Prime (including free Premium and Same- Day Delivery in selected residential postcodes, and other benefits) plus the full library of content available through Prime Video. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prime also offers a discounted membership, <\/span>Prime Student<span> for higher education students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can also sign-up for Prime Video on its own for \u00a35.99 per month, however, you won\u2019t get the other benefits that come with Prime \u2014 like free One-Day Delivery and Same-Day Delivery on eligible orders and fast grocery delivery and pickup.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a35.99 per month for Prime Video only, or \u00a38.99 per month for Amazon Prime membership<\/p>\n<p>While his 31 grams via post were not necessarily Pablo Escobar numbers of drug involvement, some fans on social media have raised concerns over whether it is the right move for the already struggling club to be associated with Wander.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user wrote: \u201cPremier League fit and proper owner? How will that get past?\u201d While another Toffees supporter tweeted: \u201cI hope this f***er stays well clear of Everton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/everton-new-owner-drugs-escobar-30930199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton fans have been left stunned after finding out about their potential new majority owner\u2019s drugs past. 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