Cannabis smuggler gets six years

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.

Charlene Smith (21), from Pretoria, South Africa, pleaded guilty to smuggling 40 kg of cannabis herb, worth €100,000 and enough to roll 152,000 "joints", into Dublin Airport on September 16, 2000.