Man pleads guilty to smuggling €132,000 worth of cocaine

A South African man who tried to smuggle €132,000 worth of cocaine into the country by swallowing it in pellets has been jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Man pleads guilty to smuggling €132,000 worth of cocaine

A South African man who tried to smuggle €132,000 worth of cocaine into the country by swallowing it in pellets has been jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Andrew Joseph (aged 36) of Betrix Street, Arcadia, Pretoria pleaded guilty to the importation and possession of nearly two kilograms of cocaine at Dublin Airport on January 8, 2009.

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