Emmanuel-Thomas recruited his 33-year-old girlfriend, Yasmin Piotrowska, and her friend, Rosie Rowland, 28, to collect the cannabis in Thailand and smuggle it into the UK.
They were given an all expenses paid trip to the country and promised a payment of £2,500, the NCA said.
Meanwhile, the footballer acted as an intermediary between criminals in both Thailand and the UK.
The women were stopped by Border Force officials at Stansted Airport after flying in from Bangkok, and found to have four suitcases containing cannabis.
However, charges against Ms Rowland, of Southend Road, Chelmsford, and Ms Piotrowska, of Purves Road, north-west London, were dropped earlier.
They wept as they were allowed to leave the dock, having denied importing cannabis between 1 July and 2 September at earlier hearings.
