A Californian gambling addict caught trying to smuggle over $300,000 worth of drugs through Dublin Airport in Ireland has been jailed for four years.
Jacob Napolitano, 28, had arrived in Ireland on an Aer Lingus flight from Los Angeles last May when a customs officer became suspicious of his behavior.
After putting his bags through an X-ray machine, officers discovered 17kg of cannabis. After his arrest, he told police he had a gambling problem and had accrued a debt of $10,000.
He said he hadn’t packed the bag, but he knew it was…