PELE'S SON TO SERVE 13 YEARS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES

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PELE'S SON TO SERVE 13 YEARS IN JAIL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
FEB 25th 2017,



The heir of Brazil Football legend, Pele, has been told that he must serve almost 13 years behind bars,Edinho says he will turn himself in to the police after being ordered to fulfill some of his 33-year drug trafficking sentence.

 The former Santos goalkeeper, whose full name is Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, was found guilty of drug trafficking and money laundering in 2005 but has been fighting the charges since.



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