Brit Dies As Bag Of Cocaine ‘Burst In His Stomach’ After He Boarded Plane To Dubai
A Brit who successfully managed to smuggle cocaine from the UK into Dubai has died after one of the packets “burst in his stomach”.
Jensen Westhead, 20, from Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, had ingested multiple bags of the class A drug at a hotel in Manchester last December before flying out to the United Arab Emirates.
Unlike so many other Brits we’ve blogged about in the past, Jensen made it to Dubai and through immigration without being clocked. Unfortunately, he was found dead two days later at the three-star Hotel Avalon after the cocaine leaked into his body and caused him to overdose.
Following a lengthy investigation, police have now arrested and charged four people with conspiracy to fraudulently evade the prohibition on exportation of a class A drug. One of the four has also been charged with supplying cocaine.
Lancaster Police said: “On 2nd December 2024, Jensen Westhead swallowed a number of packages of cocaine at a hotel in Manchester before boarding a flight from Manchester Airport, arriving in Dubai on 3rd December 2024.
At least one of the packages of cocaine burst in his stomach and he suffered an overdose.
Mr Westhead, 20, of Thornton Cleveleys, was sadly found dead at the Hotel Avalon in Dubai on 4th December. Following a complex Lancashire Police investigation four people have today been charged and will appear in court later this month.’
“Rebecca Hatch (17/12/1981), of Hatfield Close, Thornton Cleveleys; Glenn Hatch (15/06/1975), also of Hatfield Close, Thornton Cleveleys; Alexander Tofton 30/09/1993), of Tewkesbury Drive, Lytham St Annes and Steven Stephenson (12/12/1988), of St Lawrence, Denton, Manchester, have been charged with Conspiracy to fraudulently evade the prohibition on exportation of a class A drug from 21/11/2024 to 04/12/2024.
“Stephenson has also been charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine. They are all due to appear before Lancaster Magistrates’ Court on October 31st.”
They’ll feel lucky that they weren’t busted over in Dubai instead, where anti-drug laws are governed by Shariah Law. Any quantity of illegal drugs discovered, even as small as 0.01g, can result in severe punishment, as several Brits have found out recently.
Sadly, young Jensen faced the most brutal punishment of all despite being successful in his attempt at smuggling drugs into the country. It must have been quite the rush to realise he’d got away with it, but he eventually paid the ultimate price when one of the bags burst inside his stomach.
RIP Jensen and thoughts with his friends and family. Word to the wise – it’s just not worth the risk, any way you look at it.
For the moment a £500k-a-week British drug lord was arrested upon stepping off his private jet, click HERE. Unlucky son.
