Kyle Reece Wright, 25, of Douglas, was jailed for a total of four years and eight months for cannabis dealing, assault and a knife offence.[1] Police searched the Douglas home where he had been staying on 14 October 2024 and found 656 g of cannabis bush valued at £3,686.[1] The same search found 138 g of cannabis resin worth £2,766.[1] It also found 243 g of ketamine, valued at between £9,724 and £12,155.[2] Wright’s girlfriend and her parents were arrested at the address during the raid and later released without charge.[2] Wright told officers after his arrest that all the drugs were his.[2]

Messages and voice notes on his phone showed he had supplied cannabis between 20 December 2023 and 4 October 2024.[1] The court heard he directed others to sell drugs for him, indicating he “might not be at the bottom of the pile” in the supply chain.[2] Some messages showed him threatening violence against people who owed him money.[1] He had also been using his unsuspecting former girlfriend’s bank account to receive payments for drugs.[2] He had been given a suspended prison sentence in January 2024 and was in breach of it when he kept dealing.[1]

Wright admitted supplying cannabis, possessing cannabis bush, cannabis resin and ketamine with intent to supply, causing actual bodily harm, threatening behaviour and possessing a knife in public.[2] He was jailed for 20 months for the assault, two years and four months consecutively for being concerned in supplying cannabis, and a further eight months for breaching his suspended sentence.[1] Deemster Graeme Cook called Wright a “caveman” for throwing the glass at the man’s head in the Outback nightclub in Douglas on 4 May 2025.[1] Cook said Wright had shown no remorse and that his drug dealing had led to three innocent people being arrested.[2]