Former army officer jailed for transporting €100,000 worth of cocaine

A former South African army officer who "saw an easy way out" of his financial difficulties as a courier of cocaine valued over €100,000 has been given a ten years sentence by Judge Desmond Hogan.

Stevern Gouws, (aged 35) from Edenville, Johannesburg was offered €1,000 by "a stranger" to bring a suitcase laden with cocaine in a hidden compartment to Dublin Airport