2016-07-01 · Dublin
Jail for Ecuadorian man who smuggled cannabis to pay for missing daughter's operation
An Ecuadorian man, Angel Felix Garcia, aged 30, was jailed for nine months after attempting to smuggle cannabis into Ireland to fund an eye operation for his daughter. Garcia was arrested at Dublin Airport on 5 February 2016 after a customs officer searched him and found 150 cannabis pellets weighing 1.5 kg, valued at under €9,000. He admitted…