Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Silmara Onofre

Born between January 1995 and January 1996, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 26 Jan 2023 to 26 Jan 2023

Suspect: Silmara Onofre, non-Irish woman, 27 (judged from name)Silmara Onofre

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Born
Between January 1995 and January 1996, from the ages reported
Offences
Drugs offence (possession of cocaine)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 26 Jan 2023 to 26 Jan 2023
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Cases

latest first
  • Smuggler sentenced to two years for cocaine possession in Dublin Drugs offence (possession of cocaine) · Co. Dublin

    Silmara Onofre, a 27-year-old woman from Brazil, swallowed 78 pellets of cocaine weighing 0.949kg before being stopped by customs officers at Dublin Airport Terminal One on 17 April 2022. She was on a flight from Portugal and was taken to Beaumont Hospital, where she passed over 70 of the pellets. Onofre pleaded guilty to possessing €66,297 worth of cocaine at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. She was sentenced to two years in prison, backdated to 17 April 2022.

    Sentenced, 26 Jan 2023Convicted · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Silmara Onofre, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 26 Jan2023
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Smuggler sentenced to two years for cocaine possession in Dublin
    Two-year sentence for smuggler who swallowed kilo of cocaine
    convicted, Silmara Onofre, 27, female, named, non-irish (judged from name)Silmara Onofre

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