Woman sentenced to 6.5 years for attempting to fly to Bucharest with 2 kg of cocaine and 5 kg of cannabis
The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community has upheld a sentence of six and a half years' imprisonment imposed on a woman who checked in a suitcase containing more than two kilograms of cocaine and five kilograms of cannabis destined for Romania.
Valencian High Court upholds sentence on woman who attempted to transport drugs on flight to Bucharest
The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) has upheld a sentence of six and a half years' imprisonment imposed on a woman who attempted to travel to Bucharest with 2.5 kilograms of cocaine and 6.2 kilograms of cannabis hidden in a checked suitcase, according to ABC.
The drugs were discovered on 10 July 2025, when the suitcase became stuck on the baggage conveyor belt at the airport. The Guardia Civil subjected it to an X-ray inspection and proceeded to open it. Inside they found the substances which, after the corresponding analyses, yielded a net weight of 2,012 grammes of cocaine and 4,992 grammes of cannabis.
The woman was not arrested immediately. The arrest took place eight days later, on 18 July 2025, when she returned to Spain and claimed the return of the suitcase.
The Second Section of the Provincial Court of Valencia sentenced her to six and a half years' imprisonment and payment of a fine of 100,000 euros, as the perpetrator of an offence against public health in its form of substances causing serious harm to health, with the aggravating factor of notorious importance.
The defence appealed the ruling—handed down on 18 February—before the Civil and Criminal Division of the TSJCV, which entirely dismissed the appeal in a resolution dated 7 July.
The magistrates of the high Valencian court rejected the appellant's argument regarding an alleged breach of the chain of custody of the confiscated drugs. They likewise ruled out that the convicted woman's right to the presumption of innocence had been violated, she having claimed to be unaware of the contents of the suitcase that she herself had checked in, which contained no clothes or personal items, and whose return she claimed upon her return to the country.
The appellate ruling is not final and may be appealed on grounds of cassation before the Supreme Court.
Source: ABC