City legend, Len Glover, has been accused of being involved in drug dealing, according to a report in he Leicester Mercury.

The Mercury says that Lenny Glover was part of a "criminal gang involved in a massive drugs racket", and that the 1970s footballing legend "allegedly worked as a courier, taking drugs money to a contact in Essex as part of an operation involving cannabis sales worth £400,000 a week".

Leicester Crown Court was told that the operation was masterminded by a man called Stuart Stanger.

Glover, of Barnes Close, Kibworth Beauchamp, is on trial with Peter Thomas Wells (64), of Essex. Both have denied conspiracy to supply Class B drugs, between January 2001 and May 2002.

David Herbert, prosecuting, said:

"Glover and Wells were involved with the money side of this operation.

"Glover was regularly used as a courier to transport money to the Essex area.

"On occasions, he would meet Wells and hand this drugs money over to him for the purchase of more drugs... or to be channelled elsewhere, so it wouldn't be related to the proceeds of drugs crime."

The trial, as they say, continues...

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