Jocelino De Silva jailed for cocaine possession at Dublin Airport

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Jocelino De Silva was jailed for six years for possessing cocaine at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 23 January 2023. He had three kilogrammes of cocaine in a backpack at Dublin Airport on 11 July 2022.

The court was told De Silva used his airport staff access to move the drugs from a toilet cubicle towards an employee bus. Judge Martin Nolan said the amount was serious, while noting De Silva had no previous convictions and was at a lower level of the operation.