Drugs capsule courier jailed for four years

A South African who imported almost €20,000 worth of cocaine into Dublin contained within 35 capsules he swallowed in Sao Paolo in the days preceding his flight to Ireland, has been jailed for four years.

Andries Van Wyk (aged 41), a single man with no partner or children from Johannesburg, South Africa, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to importing cocaine worth €19,360 into Dublin on June 26, 2004.