05 December 2024
A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for attempting to import heroin
into the Island, with a street value of £40,000.
Fabio CANDIDO SIMOES from Portugal, appeared before Jersey’s Royal Court on Thursday 5 December 2024.
CANDIDO SIMOES arrived in the Island on Saturday 22 June 2024 onboard the Condor vessel from
Poole, when he was stopped and questioned by Jersey Customs and Immigration Officers.
He advised Officers that he owned an e-scooter company in London, where he lived and was
visiting a local supplier of online bike parts. It was established that no business meeting had been
arranged with the supplier and he was unable to provide details of a friend he called “Fred” with
whom he planned to stay.
Following, several inconsistencies with his story and admissions of cannabis use, Officers became
suspicious that he was carrying drugs internally.
CANDIDO SIMOES was later x-rayed and subsequently admitted to carrying heroin internally. He
produced a white plastic wrapped package, containing 61.32 grams of heroin with a purity of 18%
diamorphine.
Paul Le Monnier, Senior Manager at Jersey Customs and Immigration Service, said: “Heroin use, and
addiction causes huge amounts of harm and misery and it’s important that we prevent these
dangerous drugs from reaching our streets.”
Anyone with information on drug smuggling can report it anonymously via 0800 735 5555.
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