Today, in the fourth day of a series examining Jersey’s drugs scene, the JEP can reveal that 2012 saw an explosion in the number of dealers attempting to import the highly valuable Subutex – a drug so profitable that some dealers have ditched pedalling class A substances.
Just one tablet – which is prescribed in large quantities by French GPs – can fetch up to £80 in Jersey compared to just £5 in the UK.
And with the drug currently only ranked at class C, many dealers view Subutex – a high-strength painkiller which is more commonly used to treat heroin addiction – as a low-risk, high-profit alternative to importing the class A drug.
