Jamar Loza, who played for the Canaries" between 2013 and 2016, allegedly had a number of cannisters of nitrous oxide - also known as laughing gas and commonly used as a recreational drug - as well as some "balloons".

Jamar Loza playing for Norwich (Image: Newsquest) Norwich Crown Court heard it was after police pulled the 31-year-old's Mercedes over in Dereham Road in Norwich at 8.10pm on August 17, 2022.

Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) Loza, who was capped four times by Jamaica and was also found to have two mobile phones and £645 in cash, told police the items found in his boot were for "personal use".

Martin Ivory, prosecuting, said Loza was arrested, interviewed and released before he was stopped again by police at Longwater retail park in Costessey on August 25, 2022.

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