Jail for grandmother caught with cocaine

A Dominican grandmother has been jailed for three years for bringing €139,000 of cocaine into Ireland.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2013 - 16:56

A Dominican grandmother has been jailed for three years for bringing €139,000 of cocaine into Ireland.

Elizabeth Royer (aged 47) told gardaí she thought she had been carrying money for drugs and not the drugs themselves when she was arrested at Dublin Airport in July this year.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Ireland Place: Dublin Airport Place: Guadeloupe Place: Dominican Republic Place: Frankfurt Place: Dublin Place: Paris Person: Elizabeth Royer Person: Gardaí Person: Royer Person: Garda Aidan Gavigan Person: Gda Gavigan Person: Dara Hayes BL Person: Caroline Biggs Person: Biggs Person: Patrick McCartan Organisation: Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

<p>Sentencing was adjourned until October 8 for the judge to consider the ramifications of applying the Probation Act. Judge Hughes also asked prosecuting counsel John Griffin to provide clarity on that issue and how it would impact Garda vetting. File picture: Derick Hudson</p>

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