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Rail engineer caught with nearly €350k of cannabis at Dublin Airport

Summary

Cody Ferguson, a rail engineer, was jailed for five and a half years after being caught with nearly €350,000 worth of cannabis at Dublin Airport. He was arrested in August 2025 after customs officers found 34 packages of cannabis in his suitcase. Ferguson initially claimed he was on holiday in Thailand but later admitted to acting as a drugs courier to pay off a drug debt. He pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis for sale or supply. Ferguson has 11 previous convictions in the UK, including ten for drug offences. His defense highlighted his status as a qualified rail engineer and a father to a seven-month-old baby. Judge Martin Nolan reduced a headline sentence of nine years to five and a half years, taking into account Ferguson's early guilty plea and other mitigating factors.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Rail engineer caught with nearly €350k of cannabis at Dublin Airport. Charges or matters: one count of possessing cannabis herb for sale or supply at Dublin Airport on August 25 last year. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 25, 2025 Incident
• August 25 Incident
• 2026-02-17 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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