A woman who said she was forced to ingest 51 pellets of cocaine by a man she believed she was meeting to confirm a modelling contract with, has been jailed for importing the drug. Jhennifer Garcia De Araujo (19), from Paulista in Brazil, came forward to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on signed pleas of guilty from the District Court. She admitted importing cocaine with a a street value of €49,203 and two charges of possessing the drug at Dublin Airport on April 15th last. She told gardaí­ she was not given any money to import the drug and she knew it was “an illegal act to bring drugs into any country”. She described Garcia De Araujo as “a scapegoat, a mere drug mule”.

Source: The Irish Times November 05, 2019 16:18 UTC