2015-10-06 · Dublin
Cannabis smuggler "risked life" to get money for sick mother, court hears
Gerardo Martinez Rodriguez, a 34‑year‑old Spanish national, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for possessing and importing 1,029.9 g of cannabis resin, worth €6,179, into Ireland. He had swallowed 107 pellets of the resin over several days before travelling to Dublin, and was arrested at Dublin Airport Terminal 2 on 24 July 2015. Garda…