The woman was arrested after arriving into Dublin Airport on flights from the US via Zurich when her luggage was found to contain 27 vacuum packs of cannabis valued at €260,000.A “naïve” young American woman who brought over a quarter of a million euro of cannabis on a flight into Dublin Airport claimed she thought it was legal here, a court has heard.
Passing sentence on Monday, Judge Pauline Codd said although Forbes was a mule, there had to be a deterrent to turning a blind eye to the level of drugs one was bringing into the country. Judge Codd imposed a sentence of five years and suspended the final two and half years on conditions including that Forbes undertake to leave the jurisdiction within three weeks of her release.
Mr Gageby handed in several letters of recommendation from Forbes’s guardian and family, as well as from Forbes herself. The letters spoke to her positive attitude, hard work and responsibility.
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