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| Iceland Monitor
| Tue 7 Jun 2016
| 14.57 GMT
Icelandic drug duo to serve five years in Brazilian jail
Cocaine was found in the belongings of the Icelanders arrested. Photo: Júlíus Sigurjónsson
Two Icelanders arrested for smuggling cocaine in Brazil have both been sentenced to five years and twenty days in jail.
The 26-year-old man and his 20-year-old girlfriend were caught on Boxing Day 2015 in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza with four kilos of cocaine hidden in condoms and false-bottomed suitcases.
According to Brazilian police, the couple were planning to fly from an international airport.
It is not yet clear whether the sentence will be appealed.
