Businessman swallowed 100 pellets of cocaine

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.

Marcel Roudier (aged 57), was found to be carrying the cocaine valued €90,000 after being stopped at Dublin Airport when he arrived there from Paramiraba in Surinam via Amsterdam. He pleaded guilty to having the cocaine for sale or supply on November 6, 2006 at the Airport.