Australian drug dealers use Frank Lampard’s face as a ‘trademark’ after picture of football legend from 2017 is found on 95kg shipment of methamphetamine

Frank Lampard has been left speechless after drug dealers from Australia used his smiling face as a ‘trademark’ on carefully wrapped packets of methamphetamine.

The image of the former Chelsea midfielder from 2017 was plastered across a drug shipment weighing 95kg and depicts the football star smartly dressed in a suit on a bright green pitch with his thumb up and a smile on his face.

It is believed the drug dealer is a Chelsea supporter and when Mr Lampard spoke out following the shocking revelation he appeared lost for words.

‘Yeah, you probably know my answer on that one,’ he told The Sun. ‘What am I going say about that?

‘I’m not aware of it. I don’t even know what to say to you to be honest. I’ve literally no comment on that.’

The image shows the former midfielder in a suit, thought to have been taken back in 2017

Frank Lampard has broken his silence after his face appeared in a £38million drugs bust

The remarks come after alleged trafficker Richard Prothero, 37, from South West Sydney’s Liverpool suburb, was arrested at gunpoint in the car park of the surf club, which is where the drugs were found, on Tuesday.

Armed officers are reported to have approached him after they saw him collect a key from under a car and then start the engine.

The ‘ice meth’ was recently found in duffel bags as part of the 38million pound drugs bust.

Mr Prothero was charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs and made no application for bail when he appeared in court.

The Chelsea icon’s face appeared on bricks of drugs, which were found in Sydney, Australia

Lampard is a Blues icon having both played for and managed the club during his career

Lampard commented on the incident, with it believed that the dealer is a Chelsea supporter

Australian Federal Police Det Supt Kristie Cressy said: ‘Methamphetamine, like all illicit drugs, causes psychological, financial and social harm to users, their loved ones and the broader community.

‘Criminals do not care about the harm they cause. They are motivated by the profits they can make. Across Australia there were 10,100 methamphetamine-related hospitalisations in 2021-2022 – which equates to more than 27 every day on average.

‘This has an impact on the health system that can negatively affect the entire community. Investigations like this show the resolve and relentlessness of our investigators in making Australia a hostile environment for organised crime.’

Lampard played for the Blues between 2001 and 2014, and also managed the club between 2019 and 2021 and briefly again in 2023 as interim boss.

The shipment of methamphetamine, meanwhile, according to The Mirror, travelled from Los Angeles to Maroubra in east Sydney.