Description
The terrifying true account of the biggest haul of cannabis ever to be smuggled into the UK.
In September 1994, Phil Berriman was arrested in Smugglers’ Creek near Falmouth with a record seizure of three and a half tons of hashish on board the schooner Melanie. After being held on remand for fifteen months as a category AA prisoner, despite having no criminal record, he fought the case on the grounds of duress and was acquitted by all twelve jurors.
This is the incredible true story of how a hard-working lad from Stockton-on-Tees found himself caught up in the world of hard-core gangsters, guns, torture and blackmail that led him to that terrifying voyage… and what happened afterwards, when he decided to take on the authorities that had set him up by launching his infamous offshore off-licence.
“Compelling, gut wrenching, with a touch of black humour…”