A woman has been sentenced in the Royal Court today for trying to import 9.6 kilograms of synthetic cannabis in a spare car tyre.
40-year-old Stockport resident, Kirsten Abernethy, arrived in Jersey on 26 April 2026.
When her car was stopped, she told Customs & Immigration Officers she was visiting to go to the Jersey food festival.
During a search of the vehicle, the spare tyre was noticed to be heavier than it should be, and when examined, it was found to have 100 packages of brown resin wrapped in yellow film with an image of a camel.
The resin was determined to be 9.6 kilos of a synthetic cannabis referred to as ADB-BUTINACA, a Class B controlled drug.
Abernethy was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
JCIS Senior Manager Luke Goddard said:
“The professionalism of our Border Teams continues to disrupt the importation of commercial quantities of controlled drugs.
"The synthetic cannabis seized is reported as being significantly more harmful and dangerous than natural cannabis, and therefore it is particularly pleasing that we have managed to prevent this drug from reaching the streets of Jersey.”
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