OSLO, NORWAY — An Irish woman has been sentenced to three years in a Norwegian prison after she was caught smuggling nearly 30 kilograms of cannabis from Thailand in two overloaded suitcases — a haul worth an estimated €600,000 (about 22.5 million baht). Some outlets reported the total weight seized as 41.7 kilograms.
Jamie Mahon, 32, of Moneymore, Drogheda, Co. Louth, was arrested on January 9, 2025, at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport, shortly after arriving on a flight from Bangkok. Customs officers flagged her bags during routine X-ray screening, discovering the massive stash of drugs.
Exclusive footage reportedly shows Mahon at Bangkok Airport, collecting the same suitcases while talking on her mobile phone just moments before boarding the drug run flight to Norway.
In court, Mahon claimed that the luggage had been handed to her by an unknown person in Thailand and insisted she had “no knowledge” of the contents. She said she was simply stopping in Norway while en route back to Ireland. The court, however, rejected her claims.
The judge ruled that Mahon acted intentionally and was a “courier whose activity is crucial for bringing the drug to the market.” The ruling emphasized the seriousness of the offense, declaring that such trafficking operations must be dealt with strictly.
Mahon pleaded guilty and received a three-year sentence, with 92 days deducted for time already served.
Tied to Irish Organized Crime
The arrest is believed to be a significant blow to an Irish organized crime group run by two fugitive brothers — one believed to be in Thailand and the other in Dubai. Both are wanted by Irish authorities, but remain at large.
Sources say the cannabis shipment was intended to finance a bloody turf war involving the brothers’ gang and associates of paralysed mob boss Owen Maguire, a feud that has already claimed multiple lives.
Maguire, who was shot by hitman Robbie Lawlor in 2018, survived the attack but was left paralysed and wheelchair-bound. Lawlor was killed in Belfast in 2020, shortly after being named as the main suspect in the brutal murder and dismemberment of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods — one of Ireland’s most shocking gangland killings.
In connection with that case, Paul Crosby (30) and Gerard “Rocky” Cruise (52) were later jailed for facilitating the teen’s murder, receiving sentences of ten and seven years, respectively.
Mahon’s conviction now marks another chapter in this ongoing gangland saga — but this time, from a courtroom in Norway.
