A woman who was caught at Dublin Airport with £16,000 worth of cannabis herb hidden in a hold-all has been jailed for three years by Judge Dominic Lynch in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Dorcas Mokhonoana (43), from Soweto in South Africa, pleaded guilty to unlawfully importing the cannabis on September 3rd, 1998.
She had her two-year-old daughter with her when she was detained at Dublin Airport and the drugs were seized. The child is now in care in Ireland.