112 kg of cannabis resin seized in two Jersey operations in a week
Jersey Customs and Immigration found almost 40 kg of cannabis resin hidden in a car that arrived on the ferry from Poole on 5 July 2013, then 72 kg in a commercial vehicle in St Lawrence on 9 July, charging a man after each seizure. The drugs had a combined street value of more than £1.3 million.
On Friday 5 July 2013, Jersey Customs and Immigration officers found almost 40 kg of cannabis resin concealed in a car that had arrived on the ferry from Poole, and a 27-year-old man was charged withdrug trafficking offences over that seizure.[1][2]On Tuesday 9 July, after a separate long-term operation, officers found 72 kg of cannabis resin in a commercial vehicle in St Lawrence, and a 26-year-old man was charged with drug trafficking offences while enquiries continued.[1][2]
The two seizures had a combined street value of more than £1.3 million.[1][2]David Nurse, the Director of Law Enforcement for Customs and Immigration, said officers had worked hard to bring both operations to a successful conclusion and that the seizures had seriously disrupted syndicates trying to import commercial quantities of drugs into the island.[1]
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Federal forces in the La Tinajera locality of Degollado, Jalisco, seized firearms, two synthetic-drug production centers and two marijuana greenhouses at a property operated by a CJNG group led by Heraclio 'N', alias Tío Laco. The marijuana equipment was used to extract high-purity CBD and THC, and everything was turned over to the FGR.
Jade Hopkins, 35, was bound over to be of good behaviour for 12 months for twice taking cannabis into La Moye prison on behalf of a former partner a court found had intimidated her. The magistrate, David Le Cornu, said the offences passed the custody threshold but that her case was exceptional.
Andrew Chard, 39, was sentenced to four years and eight months in Jersey's Royal Court on 24 July 2026 for importing 24 kg of cannabis resin hidden in the bumpers and engine bay of a hire car. Customs found the drug when he arrived on the ferry from Portsmouth on 16 March 2026; the maximum street value was £593,000.
Curtis Aubert, 23, was sentenced to 330 hours of community service on 30 April 2026 for his part in importing cannabis from Spain. He had met a courier at Jersey Airport in February 2024 who had swallowed 199 pellets containing about one kilogram of cannabis resin.
