The well-to-do lawyer's son and Round Table stalwart who stands accused of smuggling £100m cocaine across the Atlantic in his luxury yacht By Elizabeth Haigh Published: 04:16 EDT, 2 November 2024 | Updated: 04:21 EDT, 2 November 2024 e-mail View comments 'Charming' George 'Fox' Saul was a well-to-do son of a lawyer and Round Table stalwart - until he was accused of smuggling £100 million of cocaine across the Atlantic in his luxury yacht. Born in Norwich, Saul grew up surrounded by long sandy beaches and quiet rural villages in the tourist hotspot of Norfolk. But it is this unlikely spot that the charming, friendly son of a local lawyer - as locals describe him - would make the setting for a crime drama worthy of its own Netflix series.
A new investigative podcast series by the BBC , Finding Mr Fox, has unravelled how the businessman allegedly masterminded a cocaine smuggling plot which stretched from beachy Norfolk all the way to Brazil . The scheme centred on Saul's private yacht, the Rich Harvest, which he had sailed to Brazil in 2016 before it spent nearly a year at a marina receiving interior refurbishments. 'Charming' George 'Fox' Saul is accused of organising a £100m cocaine smuggling plot from Brazil to the UK - all from the sandy beaches of Norfolk It is alleged he planned for more than 1,000kg of cocaine to be hidden in a false bottom of his private yacht, before hiring four sailors to sail it back to the UK Saul (middle) is pictured with two of the Brazilian sai.
