Angelo Zullino jailed for cocaine smuggling after scam

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Angelo Zullino was jailed for possession of cocaine for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported on 10 June 2016. He received a three-and-a-half-year sentence, backdated to the previous September when he went into custody.

Customs officers stopped Zullino at Dublin Airport before a flight to London and found 5.4kg of cocaine, valued at €382,620, concealed in his luggage. The former Swiss bank clerk had pleaded guilty after becoming involved in an internet inheritance scam, according to the court report.