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WOULD-BE TRAFFICKER'S SURPRISE $6000 drug deal was M&M's
BY ANTHONY HANEVEER
20/06/2009 12:00:00 AM
A WOULD-BE drug trafficker seeking an ecstasy haul was left red-faced by the Melbourne underworld - paying thousands of dollars for blue M&M's.
Dwayne Grant Seabourne, 21, of Devonport, admitted to police in an airport car park in November last year that he had just flown back into the state with 400 ecstasy pills.
But he was in for a rude shock when the package he had concealed down his pants was opened, the Burnie Supreme Court heard.
Crown prosecutor Jackie Hartnett revealed the luckless Seabourne had imported hundreds of blue M&M's.
And his reaction in a recorded police interview showed he was rather angry, Ms Hartnett said, after forking out $6000 for nothing more stimulating than chocolate.
"He felt someone had essentially ripped him off," she said.
Even Seabourne, a past champion darts player, could not hide a momentary smirk when it was explained in court that he had been duped.
While buying confectionary is not illegal, Seabourne's admissions to police left him facing several charges.
Appearing before Justice Shan Tennent, he pleaded guilty to attempting to traffic in a controlled substance, along with other minor drug use charges.
Ms Hartnett told the court Seabourne had travelled to Melbourne from Launceston on November 26, last year, intending to buy MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy.
"He returned to Launceston with what he believed were ecstasy tablets," she said.
"He purchased 400 tablets for $15 each ... intending to sell them for $30 each."
She submitted to Justice Tennent that Seabourne should be sentenced on the "basis of the evil intended, not on the basis of the evil that could have been accomplished".
Defence counsel Katie Edwards said the harm that could have come from the "particularly unsophisticated attempt" to deal drugs was nil.
Justice Tennent adjourned sentencing Seabourne to 4.15pm on Wednesday.
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/wouldbe-traffickers-surprise-6000-drug-deal-was-mms/1545847.aspx
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BY ANTHONY HANEVEER
20/06/2009 12:00:00 AM
A WOULD-BE drug trafficker seeking an ecstasy haul was left red-faced by the Melbourne underworld - paying thousands of dollars for blue M&M's.
Dwayne Grant Seabourne, 21, of Devonport, admitted to police in an airport car park in November last year that he had just flown back into the state with 400 ecstasy pills.
But he was in for a rude shock when the package he had concealed down his pants was opened, the Burnie Supreme Court heard.
Crown prosecutor Jackie Hartnett revealed the luckless Seabourne had imported hundreds of blue M&M's.
And his reaction in a recorded police interview showed he was rather angry, Ms Hartnett said, after forking out $6000 for nothing more stimulating than chocolate.
"He felt someone had essentially ripped him off," she said.
Even Seabourne, a past champion darts player, could not hide a momentary smirk when it was explained in court that he had been duped.
While buying confectionary is not illegal, Seabourne's admissions to police left him facing several charges.
Appearing before Justice Shan Tennent, he pleaded guilty to attempting to traffic in a controlled substance, along with other minor drug use charges.
Ms Hartnett told the court Seabourne had travelled to Melbourne from Launceston on November 26, last year, intending to buy MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy.
"He returned to Launceston with what he believed were ecstasy tablets," she said.
"He purchased 400 tablets for $15 each ... intending to sell them for $30 each."
She submitted to Justice Tennent that Seabourne should be sentenced on the "basis of the evil intended, not on the basis of the evil that could have been accomplished".
Defence counsel Katie Edwards said the harm that could have come from the "particularly unsophisticated attempt" to deal drugs was nil.
Justice Tennent adjourned sentencing Seabourne to 4.15pm on Wednesday.
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/wouldbe-traffickers-surprise-6000-drug-deal-was-mms/1545847.aspx
har har har, check the merch before you split! shit sucks thoughh
