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Airport worker gets six years for €1m cocaine smuggling plot
Summary
Bruno Farias, 31, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for possessing 12 kg of cocaine, worth €840 000, at Dublin Airport on 11 July 2022. He had taken the drugs from a toilet cubicle to bypass customs, after Lucas Farias, 27, had brought a suitcase containing just under 15 kg of cocaine from Brazil. Lucas was jailed for seven years, and Jocelino De Silva, 44, received six years for holding the remaining 3 kg. All three were employees of a contractor at the airport, which allowed them to use staff entrances and an employee bus. The judge, Martin Nolan, noted that Farias acted as a courier with no proprietary interest and imposed the sentence back‑dated to the date he entered custody. The case was investigated by Gardaí following alerts about the suitcase's route from São Paulo to Dublin via Frankfurt. Bruno Farias pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Airport worker gets six years for €1m cocaine smuggling plot. Charges or matters: possession of 12kg valued at €840,000 of the cocaine at the airport on July 11, 2022, He has no previous convictions. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- July 11, 2022 Incident
- 2023-02-24 Publication
Why: An airport worker has been jailed for six years after picking up a portion of one million euro worth of cocaine in a toilet cubicle in order to bypass customs and move the drugs out of the airport. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possession of 12kg valued at €840,000 of the cocaine at the airport on July 11, 2022, He has no previous convictions (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Convicted Person
Charges: possession of 12kg valued at €840,000 of the cocaine at the airport on July 11, 2022, He has no previous convictions ()
Outcome: Last month De Silva, of Hill Street, Dublin 1, was jailed for six years and Lucas Farias (27) of no fixed abode, was jailed for seven years for their roles.
Convicted Person
Charges: possession of 12kg valued at €840,000 of the cocaine at the airport on July 11, 2022, He has no previous convictions (Alleged Or Contested)
Outcome: Lucas Farias (27) of no fixed abode, was jailed for seven years for their roles.
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