Suspended sentence for woman who held €24,000 of cocaine as a favour

A young Dublin woman who held over €24,000 of cocaine as a free favour to a third party has received a four year suspended sentence.

A young Dublin woman who held over €24,000 of cocaine as a free favour to a third party has received a four year suspended sentence, writes Aoife Nic Ardghail.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Yasmin Redmond (20) was leading an “aimless” existence at the time and had agreed to hold the drugs in a shed for no money as a favour to another person.