#41. Smuggling £13M Cannabis into UK - Michael Emmett

Eventful Lives Podcast

Dodge Woodall

Eventful, True Crime, Risk, Interviews, Crime, Events, Entrepreneurship, Festivals, Sports, Life Story, Entrepreneur, Roger Woodall, Start Ups, Society & Culture, Military, Business

5 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Ex International Drug Smuggler reveals all about cocaine addiction, being brought up in a criminal family, his Marbella days, family tragedies and how a page 3 model became a part of his recovery. He was imprisoned for 12 years after bringing 5 tonnes of cannabis into the UK worth £10m.

But after finding god while behind bars with Reggie Kray, Michael has turned his life around and found a new purpose.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Eventful Entrepreneur.
0:05.0	My name's Dodge.
0:06.0	I've been an entrepreneur for over 30 years
0:09.0	and thrown thousands of parties across the UK
0:12.0	and I'm also the owner of the Bournemouth Sevens Festival.
0:15.0	Everyone who knows me knows I love people,
0:18.0	having a laugh and asking lots of questions.
0:21.6	So I've been chatting to people with one thing in common.
0:24.6	They've all lived eventful lives.
0:27.6	This week I'm delving into the eventful life of Michael Emmett.
0:31.6	Michael is an ex-international drug smuggler.
0:34.6	He was put behind bars for 12 years after bringing five
0:37.6	tons of cannabis into the UK worth 10 million pound. But after finding God while
0:42.9	behind bars with Reggie Cray, Michael has turned his life around and found a new
0:46.7	purpose. We chat about how he got brought up into a criminal family, his Marbeia
0:51.6	days, family tragedies, cocaine addiction and how a page three model
0:56.6	became a part of his recovery. This is one definitely not to be missed. Here's the man himself,
1:02.8	Mr Michael Emmett. Michael, welcome to the show, mate. Thank you. Thanks for inviting me, Dodgers.
1:09.1	Lovely, lovely office you got here. It's nice, isn't it? Absolutely fast class.
1:11.6	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:12.6	Really looking forward to this one.
1:14.6	Well, let's go all the way back to the beginning.
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