Seven years for South African woman who imported cocaine to pay for daughter's medical treatment

A South African woman who claimed she agreed to import €84,000 worth of cocaine to pay for medical treatment for her infant daughter has been given a seven-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Blanca Butzer (aged 22) of Bond Road, Durbanville, Cape Town was caught coming through customs at Dublin Airport with a kilogram of cocaine in her hand luggage. She pleaded guilty to possession of drugs for sale or supply on July 4, 2008.