Ireland Named in reporting
Tamia Forbes
Born between June 2000 and June 2001, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 17 Jun 2024 to 17 Jun 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between June 2000 and June 2001, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- American, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Drug trafficking (possession of cannabis for sale or supply)
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 17 Jun 2024 to 17 Jun 2024
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- American woman sentenced for cannabis possession at Dublin Airport Drug trafficking (possession of cannabis for sale or supply) · Co. Dublin
On 23 December 2023, Revenue officers seized 15kg of cannabis worth €301,000 from a locked suitcase in the baggage of Tamia Forbes, a 23-year-old American woman from Charlotte, North Carolina, at Dublin Airport. Forbes, who said she had been asked to bring the drugs into Ireland and believed cannabis was legal, was arrested by Gardaí and detained under the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act. She pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs for sale or supply. On 17 June 2024, Judge Pauline Codd at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentenced her to five years' imprisonment with the final two and a half years suspended, on condition she leave the jurisdiction within three weeks of release.
Sentenced, 17 Jun 2024Convicted · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Tamia Forbes, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 17 Jun2024US woman who brought over €250,000 worth of cannabis into Dublin Airport is jailedconvicted, Tamia Forbes, 23, female, American, named, non-irishTamia Forbes
- 17 Jun2024American woman who brought cannabis worth €260,000 into Dublin Airport thought it was legal here, court hearsconvicted, Tamia Forbes, 23, female, American, named, non-irishTamia Forbes
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