Seven years for woman with drugs in suitcase

A South African national who was caught with almost €80,000 worth of cannabis in her suitcase at Dublin Airport has been sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Desmond Hogan.

Sasha Whitehead (aged 34), a legal secretary and divorced mother of three, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to being in possession of the drugs worth €79,536 for sale or supply on June 11, 2007. She had no previous convictions.