Exclusive: Police reiterate war on drugs after seizing 9.6kg of cannabis from 'warehouse' man

Fri, 06 May 2016

Police say they're continuing their battle to stop people importing illegal drugs to the Isle of Man.

It follows a significant seizure in December last year in which more than 9.6 kilograms of cannabis bush was recovered.

50-year-old Frank Thomas was jailed for 18 months at Douglas Courthouse this week - the Douglas man claimed he'd been 'pressurised' into warehousing the drug at his home.

It had a street value of between £87,000 and £120,000 - Sergeant Gavin Callow is from the Central Neighbourhood Policing Team which carried out the raid.

The cannabis will now be destroyed - Sergeant Callow says getting drugs off the streets is a top priority: