Skip to main content Skip to accessibility
This website is not compatible with your web browser. You should install a newer browser. If you live in Jersey and need help upgrading call the States of Jersey web team on 440099.
Government of Jerseygov.je

Information and public services for the Island of Jersey

L'înformâtion et les sèrvices publyis pouor I'Île dé Jèrri

Arrests made by Customs Officers (FOI)

Arrests made by Customs Officers (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 16 August 2017.

​Request

I would like to know how many arrests made by Customs officers were the result of a tipoff since 2012?

I would also like to know how many of these tipoffs came from an official body (Customs officers, police officers, airport authorities or others from foreign countries) or from individuals?

I would also like to know how the people and vehicles stopped by Customs Officers are selected.

Response

The information requested cannot be provided.

This information is qualified exempt under Article 42 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Application of the Public Interest Test is against disclosure on the basis of the sensitivity and ongoing nature of the situation in question.

Articles and exemptions applied

Article 42 Law enforcement


Information is qualified exempt information if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice -

(a) the prevention, detection or investigation of crime, whether in Jersey or elsewhere;

(b) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, whether in respect of offences committed in Jersey or elsewhere;

(c) the administration of justice, whether in Jersey or elsewhere;

Back to top
rating button