Merseyside man accused of trying to smuggle £220,000 worth of drugs to IOM, remanded in custody

A Merseyside man accused of trying to smuggle around £220,000 worth of drugs to the Island has been remanded in custody.

James Spotswood of Townsend Street in Birkenhead appeared before magistrates at Douglas Courthouse.

The 34 year old faces three counts of being concerned in producing drugs in June last year and August 2021.

In total, he’s said to have tried to bring 1.25 kilos of cocaine and a kilo of cannabis to the Isle of Man.

There was no bail application and he was remanded to the Isle of Man prison until he appears in court again on May 25.