South African caught with €130,000 worth of herbal cannabis jailed

A South African mother-of-eight who acted as a drugs mule to bring over €130,000 worth of herbal cannabis into Cork was sentenced to 10 years today with the last four years suspended.

Fidress Nomsa Kumalo, aged 36, from Lawn Street, Rosetteville, Johannesburg, South Africa, said today that she did what she did to support her eight biological children, one grand child and her deceased brother’s three sons.