Californian man jailed for four years over cannabis importation at Dublin Airport

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Jacob Napolitano, 28, was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to unlawfully importing cannabis into Ireland. The sentence was backdated to May 5, when he went into custody for the offence.

The court heard that customs officers found just over 17kg of cannabis in vacuum-packed packages in his luggage after he arrived at Dublin Airport from Los Angeles. Garda Aine McQuinlan said the drugs had an estimated street value of €288,842. Napolitano told gardaí he had a gambling problem and a debt of $10,000; he said he knew the bag contained cannabis but had not packed it and did not know how much was inside.