At the Royal Court of Jersey today (Wednesday 7 October 2009), Curtis Warren and five associates were found guilty of conspiring to import cannabis into the island.

The trial of Curtis Warren, Jonathan Welsh, James O’Brien, Jason Woodward, Paul Hunt and Oliver Lucas began in the Royal Court, St Helier, on 16 September 2009.

All six defendants were indicted on one count, that between 1 May 2007 and 23 July 2007 they conspired together and with others to import a controlled drug, namely cannabis resin into the Island of Jersey.

The conspirators in the £1 million plot were kept under surveillance by the police using bugging equipment in hire cars and telephone kiosks. The six men drew up plans to bring drugs from Amsterdam via Port Bail in France and then by boat to Jersey.

Sentencing of 46-year-old Warren, Jonathan Welsh, who is 43 and from Liverpool, 45-year-old James O’Brien, from Glasgow; Jason Woodward, 22, from Dartford; and Paul Hunt, 27, and Oliver Lucas, 23, both from Jersey will take place on 4 December by the  Superior Number of the Royal Court .

The trial judge was Commissioner Sir Richard Tucker.