A 39-YEAR-OLD woman has been jailed for four years and six months after trying to bring £13,000 worth of cocaine into Jersey.
Emma Louise Llewellyn, from Stoke-on-Trent, arrived on a flight from Liverpool in November last year and initially claimed that she was visiting the Island for the weekend to see a friend.
But after Customs officers swabbed her baggage, traces of cocaine were found. Llewellyn initially denied drug use but later admitted to having used the Class A drug the previous week.
After being searched, she was found to have concealed 52 grams of cocaine – estimated to have a street value of around £13,000 – in a wrapped package. When asked about the package she responded: “It’s just a bit of coke.”
When interviewed, she admitted attempting to import the drugs and said she would have received £1,000 in payment. She told officers she owed £350 to the individual – who she said was known as “pornstar” – who had given her the drugs to import.
She said “pornstar” – who she described as Asian, around 50, with a “fat belly” and “quite flashy” – told her she would be provided with a name and number for a person to take the drugs to once in Jersey.
Llewellyn was sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday.
Following her sentencing in the Royal Court, Jersey Customs and Immigration Service senior manager Paul Le Monnier said: “Individuals will be offered payment or the ability to clear debts by attempting to import drugs, on behalf of others, but the huge risks involved, and the sentencing handed out by the courts, should be a clear deterrent.”
Anyone with information on drug smuggling can report it anonymously by calling 0800 735 5555.
