A mother and daughter from Surinam who were living "in dire poverty" in Holland have been jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of cocaine valued over €106,000.

A man who acted as a drug courier for a criminal who had offered to organise the return of his stolen motorbikes has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to perform community service.

A Surinam businessman who swallowed 100 pellets of cocaine to repay a debt loan to criminals has been given a seven year sentence by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two Estonian friends who transported almost €118,000 worth of cocaine into Ireland after swallowing a total of 189 pellets have been jailed for six years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

A Surinam national who swallowed 110 "cocktail sausage"-size pellets filled with cocaine has been jailed for five years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A South African woman who smuggled €100,000 worth of cannabis into Dublin Airport allegedly to raise money for an eye operation for her mother, has been jailed for six years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.