Maria Lucilia Martins of Lisbon, Portugal was found to have cannabis with an estimated street value of €479,245 at Shannon airport in April
A judge has jailed a 60-year old Portuguese ‘drugs-mule’ for three years and four months.
At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford has imposed the 40 month prison sentence on Maria Lucilia Martins of Lisbon, Portugal after she found to have cannabis with an estimated street value of €479,245 at Shannon airport on April 7th.
Judge Comerford said that with “the amount of damage drugs do, there has to be a significant period of jail”.
In evidence, Detective Sgt Dara O’Sullivan said that a member of the Customs department at Shannon airport found Ms Martins to be in possession of suitcases both vacuum packed with cannabis herb and cannabis resin at the airport.
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