Ex-England player Faye Dunn facing prison after Manchester Airport sting

A former England football player is facing a possible prison sentence for drug offences.

Faye Dunn was arrested at Manchester Airport in June as part of a police crackdown into the EncroChat messaging network. The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cannabis and one count of concealing criminal property during a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court last month, the Liverpool Echo reports.

It has now been revealed that Dunn is a former professional footballer who once played for England's under 19s team. She helped England qualify for the semi-finals of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship.

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Dunn, who scored just six minutes into the quarter-final against Switzerland, also scored in a group game against Denmark. She played at club level with Tranmere Rovers and bagged a hat-trick for the team against Southampton during a game in November 2000.

She joined Leeds United in 2003 and was interviewed by the club ahead of a game with her old team when she said: "I enjoyed my time at Tranmere and always look out for their results, but I am a Leeds player now and we will all be going out determined to try to get three points for Leeds United Ladies."

Dunn is also the former director of a number of Merseyside businesses including a restaurant and a popular children's play centre. She was arrested at the airport on June 13 this year on suspicion of drug offences as part of a long running police investigation into EncroChat phones codenamed Venetic.

Senior officers have described the investigation as 'unprecedented' with so called 'untouchable' criminals now facing long prison sentences. Dunn, of Walpole