Seven children prosecuted for drug dealing in last year

The Island's Justice Minister says 14 teenagers were prosecuted for drugs offences in the last year.

Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse asked Justice and Home Affairs Minister Jane Poole-Wilson about how many people aged 14 to 19 had appeared in court.

She said there'd been 11 prosecutions for possessing drugs, six for drug-driving, seven for offences related to drug-dealing and one for smuggling drugs to the Island.

Mrs Poole-Wilson also revealed two children under 16 had been prosecuted - both for possessing drugs.