At Douglas Courthouse on the Isle of Man, Francis Dunne and Jamie Smith were among seven men jailed for smuggling cannabis worth about £600,000 hidden in cars that arrived by ferry.[1] Police found the cannabis in secret compartments after searching cars that had come to the Isle of Man by ferry.[1]

Dunne, 36, and Smith, 33, admitted conspiring to smuggle about 155 lb (70 kg) of the drug in February 2018, and with prison officer Robert Sewell they admitted bringing a phone into Isle of Man Prison in August 2019.[1] Stephen Alty, 41, and Darren Dooley, 30, admitted bringing in about 16 lb (7 kg) of cannabis in April 2018.[1] Sewell was seen on CCTV speaking with Dunne, who was on remand for the drug offences, and later entered his cell, where prison officers subsequently found the phone.[1]

Smith was sentenced to eight years after also admitting laundering £19,870, and Dunne was jailed for seven years and three months.[1] Sewell was jailed for 12 months; Dooley, also convicted of supplying cannabis, was sentenced to two years and eight months, and Alty was jailed for two years and 14 months.[1] Keith Bernard, 65, was sentenced to 12 months for his part in smuggling the phone and money laundering, and David Alsop, 59, was jailed for two years for possession of cannabis and money laundering.[1]