Michael Tyrell (b. 1946) is an Antigua-born drug trafficker who headed a drug ring along with his wife Julie Paterson, known as the "Cocaine Queen". In 1999, he and his wife were caught by authorities attempting to smuggle nearly half a ton of cocaine from Bequia into Great Britain, one of the largest ever to be smuggled into the country. Wikipedia
A drug-smuggling gang is jailed for a total of 141 years after trying to import 90m worth of cocaine into Britain. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2584701.stm
... behind the plot, her partner Michael Tyrrell, an ageing playboy with previous convictions for cannabis smuggling. Paterson, born in Norwich but running a successful boat charter business... www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,861882,00.html
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