Police seized cannabis bush with a street value of £120,000 that had been smuggled to the Isle of Man in a van.[1] The drugs were found in a Citroen Berlingo van that had travelled on the Liverpool ferry.[2] Officers arrested a 46-year-old man from Liverpool at the Falcon’s Nest Hotel in Port Erin at about 01:00 BST on 26 April 2019.[1] The man was arrested on suspicion of drug importation and remained in custody, a police spokesman said.[1] Police said targeting those linked to the matter in the UK was a priority and that their investigations were continuing.[3] The arrested man told police he was on the island to tender for electrical work but could not give the address of the site.[4]

At Douglas Courthouse on 30 April 2019 he pleaded not guilty to unlawfully bringing six kilograms of cannabis to the island and to possessing the drug with intent to supply it.[5] High Bailiff Jayne Hughes remanded him in custody, with no application for bail, to appear again by video link from the Isle of Man Prison in Jurby.[5] At further hearings in May the court kept him in custody and listed his next appearance for 4 June 2019.[6] The case concerned six kilos of cannabis, the weight the prosecution put on the haul.[2]