Briton jailed eight years for 6 kg of cannabis resin in Guernsey
Guernsey's Royal Court sentenced 57-year-old Briton Edward Rees to eight years in prison for importing 6.02 kg of cannabis resin hidden in his car doors after arriving from Poole in January 2013. Rees pleaded not guilty and kept his innocence through a September trial that ended in a unanimous guilty verdict.
On 14 January 2013, Customs officers stopped Edward Vernon Rees, a 57-year-old man from Cardiff, as he arrived in Guernsey from Poole and searched his Ford Mondeo after a detector dog gave a positive indication on its rear doors.[1][2]Inside the rear offside door frame they found 24 nine-ounce bars of cannabis resin weighing 6.02 kg, with a potential resale value of £120,400 to £150,500.[1]Rees, who had been claiming sickness benefit in Britain, was arrested, answered no comment in interview and was remanded in custody.[1]
Rees pleaded not guilty and maintained his innocence through a trial held from 16 to 18 September 2013, at the end of which the Royal Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict for importing the resin.[1]On 30 October, Judge Finch sentenced him to eight years in prison, calling the story Rees gave nonsensical and adding that British criminals like Rees were not welcome on the island; the sentence runs from the date of his arrest.[1][2]
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