Oliver Le-Butt-Seal, 35, was sentenced for importing cannabis to the Isle of Man.[1][2] He was handed a 20-month sentence suspended for two years and banned from returning to the island for five years.[1][2] He pleaded guilty to importation of cannabis and possession of the drug with intent to supply.[1][2] Deemster Cook said he had taken into account that Le-Butt-Seal had served a significant period in a UK prison because of the Isle of Man offence.[1] Deemster Cook said the only reason for leniency was jurisdictional problems across borders.[1][2]
The imported cannabis was worth £49,000 and was hidden in the spare tyre of a car.[1] He brought five bags of the drug stashed in a wheel strapped underneath a white car over on the ferry on 14 December 2022.[1][2] His fingerprints were detected on the cannabis packaging.[1] He had been the passenger in the vehicle, while prosecutors found the driver was not involved in the importation.[1]
Police found the drugs after Le-Butt-Seal, of Lobbs Wood Court in Leicester, was questioned by customs officers about his reason for visiting.[1] He had been offered £250 to transport the drugs and to clear some of a £7,000 drug debt he had.[1] He had served an additional one year and 10 months in a UK prison for a separate offence, as a consequence of the Isle of Man case as well as a positive drug test in the facility.[1][2]