Man jumped out of window when police came knocking after post intercepted

A man jumped out of a window when police came knocking at his door after a parcel was intercepted. Ibrahim Roslan, 35, from Liverpool, was part of a gang who flooded thousands of pounds worth of drugs into Jersey.

He was one of five men who appeared at Jersey's Royal Court on Thursday, November 28 to be sentenced for their roles in importing drugs into the Channel Island. The other men included: Aaron Nursaw, 33, from Wirral, and Kyle Samuel Dawson, 28, Jordan Barnett-Roberts, 23, Michael Quinn, 23, all from Jersey.

The men were arrested as part of an investigation by Jersey Customs & Immigration Service (JCIS), titled Operation Elf, which saw £270,000 worth of drugs seized.

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The court heard how on June 30 2022, JCIS officers intercepted a parcel from Liverpool addressed to Jordan Barnett-Roberts at The Windmill in St Mary, Jersey. The parcel contained 185 grams of cocaine.

The parcel was substituted before Barnett-Roberts drove to an address in St Lawrence, where he gave it to Ibrahim Roslan. Roslan took the parcel into the property, accompanied by Kyle Samuel Dawson.

Officers entered the property, by which time Roslan and Dawson were in the upstairs bedroom. Roslan went onto the balcony and tried to hide the substitute drugs in the gutter of the house before jumping off the balcony to try and avoid being arrested.

He was later found hiding in a nearby bush. Roslan, Dawson and Barnett-Roberts were arrested and released while investigations continued.

On July 25 2023, officers intercepted a postal packet addressed to an address in St Helier, Jersey, which contained 54 grams of cocaine and 2,500 ecstasy tablets, resulting in the arrest of the occupant, Michael Quinn.

Phone and forensic evidence linked him to the packing for the drugs and he was subsequently charged.

On September 26 2023, officers intercepted another parcel, which was found to contain 355 ecstasy tablets. Later analysis of Roslan's phone linked him to this. On October 7 2023, officers intercepted a further parcel containing 164 grams of cocaine, concealed within 40th birthday gift boxes.

Two days later, Roslan was arrested in Liverpool by the Merseyside Police County Lines Investigation Team and passed over to JCIS Officers who escorted him back to Jersey.

When Merseyside Police searched Roslan's flat they found two champagne glasses engraved with '40th birthday' that fit the gift boxes seized by officers, and 2,000 ecstasy tablets.

Later that month on October 18, police arrested Nursaw in Liverpool and brought him back to Jersey.

The men were handed the following sentences this week:

• Ibrahim Roslan, 35, from Liverpool, was jailed for 9 years and six months

• Aaron Nursaw, 33, from Wirral, was jailed for 9 years

• Kyle Samuel Dawson, 28, from Jersey, was jailed for 8 years and six months

• Jordan Barnett-Roberts, 23, from Jersey, was handed 456 hours community service, equivalent to 3 years imprisonment

• Michael Quinn, 23, from Jersey, was jailed for 9 years and 6 months, including 8 years 11 months for drugs importation offences and 7 months consecutive for cyber-crime offences.

JCIS Senior Manager Luke Goddard said: “This was a long and complex investigation with large amounts of phone, financial and forensic data, all of which needed close examination and analysis. It incorporated the JCIS Investigation Unit undertaking covert activities as well as the Border Teams at the ports and post office.

“It involved collaborative work with States of Jersey Police Drugs Squad and their High-Tech Crime Unit and the Merseyside Police County Lines Investigation Team.

“The operation has resulted in the conviction of seven individuals, the seizure of over £270,000 worth of drugs, a substantial community service order and sentences totalling more than 44 years imprisonment. This is a significant result that has completely dismantled a drug syndicate targeting Jersey and demonstrates the professionalism of the Officers involved."

Detective Sergeant Carl Lynch from Merseyside Police's County Lines Investigation team said: “Today's sentencing shows the success of working together with other agencies like JCIS to take county lines offenders off our streets. The arrests of Roslan and Nursaw in Liverpool supported the complex investigation and ensured they could no longer cause further harm to our communities.

“We know the devastation that drugs cause and Merseyside Police remains relentless in our pursuit of these criminals and ending their drugs trade. Project Medusa is our daily force response to county lines, and we continue to work collaboratively with a wide range of partners and agencies to disrupt serious organised crime and put criminals behind bars."