Government of Jersey

Drug related convictions (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 20 October 2016.

Request

How many people were arrested, charged and / or convicted for drug offences covered by the Misuse of Drugs Law 2000 and the Drug Trafficking Offences Law 2008 between 1 September 2014 and 1 September 2015?

Of these offences, how many were trafficking offences (for each year)?

What is the estimated value of drugs seized from these offences (for each year)?

For those convicted, what punishment did they receive?

Please break down the figures by age, sex and residential status of the person arrested, charged or convicted.

Response

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Drug Trafficking is defined under Schedule 2 of the Drug Trafficking Offences (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008. The below link will take the reader to the relevant legislation:

Drug Trafficking Offences (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) (Jersey) Regulations 2008 on the Jersey Law website

Four offences within the Misuse of drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 are listed in the ‘Trafficking’ definition.

These offences are:

Article 4(1): Importation and exportation of controlled drugs

Article 5: Production or supply of controlled drugs

Article 6: Manufacture or supply of a scheduled substance

Article 8(1): transportation or storage of controlled drugs

During the time period 1 September 2014 to 1 September 2016, the States of Jersey police recorded 22 cases were individuals were arrested, charged or convicted of an offence under the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 as listed above. 12 offences in the first year and 10 in the second.

The estimated street value of drugs seized by the States of Jersey Police and Customs and Immigration are recorded annually from January to December. The figures to date are as follows:

Year	States Police	Jersey Customs
2014	£365,000	£950,000
2015	£1,247,000	£2,300,000
2016 to date	£320,000	£3,500,000

The below tables represent the offences and sentencing for each offence identified for each year. The residential status indicates if the individuals lived on the Island at the time of the offence. The letter J indicates the individual was a juvenile under the age of 18 at the time of the offence.

Other abbreviations are below:

P = Probation Order

F = Fine

CSO = Community Service Order

Imp= Imprisonment

BO = Bound Over

September 2014 – August 2015
Number	Offence	Sentence	M / F	Age	Island Resident
1	Import Class A drug	P 12 months and CSO 90 hrs	M	26	Yes
2	Supply Class B drug	P 12 months	M	19	Yes
3	Import Class B drug	F £100	M	32	Yes
4	Supply Cass B drug	F £500	M	30	Yes
5	Supply Class B drug	F £200 and BO six months	M	29	Yes
6	Import Class C drug	CSO 50 hours	M	30	Yes
7	Import Class A drug	Two offenders each received: P 12 months and a CSO. One for 330 hrs, one for 270 hrs	M M	26 20	Yes Yes
8	Import Class B Drug	Two offenders. Imp 78 months and 66 months respectively	M M	39 29	No No
9	Attempt Imp class C	Withdrawn at court	M	J	Yes
10	Import Class B drug	Three offenders, each P 12 months and CSO, 160, 180 and 110 hours respectively	M M M	23 25 21	Yes Yes Yes
11	Supply Class B drug	F £500	M	38	Yes
12	Supply Class A drug	Imp 42 months	M	27	Yes

September 2015 – September 2016
Number	Offence	Sentence	M / F	Age	Island Resident
1	Import Class A drug	Three offenders, Imp six years, 54 months and two years respectively	M F F	40 38 32	Yes No Yes
2	Supply Class B drug	F £150	M	19	Yes
3	Import Class A drug	Acquitted	M	49	Yes
4	Import Class B drug	Two offenders, Imp 45 months and 27 months respectively	M F	31 32	Yes No
5	Supply Class B drug	P 12 months and CSO 140 hrs	M	59	Yes
6	Supply Class B drug	CSO 160 hrs and BO 12 months	M	55	Yes
7	Import Class C drug	Caution	M	27	Yes
8	Supply Class B drug	Two offenders, both received a caution	M M	J J	Yes Yes
9	Conspiracy to import	Ongoing case	M	31	Yes
10	Import Class B drug	Two offenders, ongoing case	M M	26 25	No Yes

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