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£250k drug mule faces sentencing

Thursday, 28 July 2016 18:50

No bail for Liverpool man

A Liverpool man who admitted attempting to ferry £250,000 of Class B drugs with intent to supply in the Isle of Man will be sentenced in September.

Fifty-year-old Alex Charles Connor pleaded guilty to two counts of producing cannabis and two counts of possessing the drug with intent to supply.

Deemster Alistair Montgomerie has agreed that a social enquiry report be compiled before sentencing.

There was no application for bail - Connor has been further remanded in custody.

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