Woman believed man was confirming modelling deal but forced her at gunpoint to ingest drugs, court hears

A Brazilian model who believed she was meeting a man to confirm a modelling contract has been jailed for importing cocaine after this man forced her to ingest 51 pellets of the drug.

Jhennifer Garcia De Araujo (aged 19) from Paulista, came forward to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on signed pleas of guilty from the District Court. She admitted importing cocaine and two charges of possessing the drug at Dublin Airport on April 15, 2019. The cocaine had a street value of €49,203.