Mother and daughter jailed for cocaine possession

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.

Mother and daughter jailed for cocaine possession

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.

Marlene Smith (aged 46), who passed 107 pellets of cocaine valued €72,211 after an x-ray at Beaumont Hospital showed their presence in her stomach and intestines told gardaí she swallowed them on the promise of a ticket home to Surinam to search for her brother who had gone missing.

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