Jail for Bolivian woman who swallowed more than 1.3kgs of cocaine before flight to Dublin

A Bolivian woman who swallowed more than 1.3 kilos of cocaine before boarding a flight to Dublin has been jailed for one year.

Patricia Rea Suarez (40) put her life at risk when she ingested 41 pellets of cocaine before taking a flight from Sao Paolo, Brazil to Dublin via Lisbon, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today.