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NEWS: 'Reckless' teen imported deadly drug

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I found this on a N.T. news website


'Reckless' teen imported deadly drug

EMILY WATKINS

January 15th, 2010

A TEENAGER charged with ordering a deadly new drug over the internet has sparked the first Australian case of its kind in a Darwin court.

The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is the first juvenile to be charged with importing 4-methylmethcathinone in powder form.

The boy's lawyer Peter Elliott told Darwin Youth Justice Court that his client was "reckless" as to whether the drug, commonly known as mephedrone, was legal in Australia.

Mr Elliott said that the drugs were ordered over the internet from a "legitimate" chemical company based in China.

He said his client would plead guilty to the charge.

Commonwealth Crown prosecutor Mark McCarthy told the court the boy had admitted importing 1kg of the powder to sell to his friends.

Mr McCarthy said it was common practice to cut the powder with caffeine. He said the powder could have made up to 5800 capsules and, if sold for $10 each as the boy said, he would have stood to make $58,000.

The court heard he had paid $8000 and was expected to pay $12,000 when the drug arrived. The drug is believed to have an effect similar to that of cocaine and ecstasy.

Mr McCarthy and Mr Elliott were yesterday arguing as to whether the matter should be heard in the Supreme Court or the Youth Justice Court, which can only impose a maximum custodial sentence of two years.

The maximum penalty for the charge is 10 years in prison
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LOL that's two news stories in a row I've read about Mephedrone. Looks like its classification will be bumped up from being an analogue in no time.

I must admit though you'd have to be daft to try to import that much. very ambitious though ahah.
 
Especially with all the recent news reports, deaths and media hype about it.. not so much in this country, but the UK, Ireland, etc
 
I had a quick glance and read 1 gram, then I saw the prices and realised it was 1kg.
Dammmmn that's asking for trouble :o
 
From what I've been able to gather 4-MMC is not specifically scheduled yet in any state, but frantic efforts by the powers that be mean it very soon will be.
 
Very lucky he is only 16 altho i think he will still be in big shit. 1kilo is just asking for trouble especially after all this media hype about it.
 
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"the boy had admitted importing 1kg of the powder to sell to his friends."

"He said the powder could have made up to 5800 capsules"

Fuck he must have ALOT of friends. And I think you would find that he probibly would have sold them for more then $10 a piece.
 
How the fuk did this kid get that much money, i suspect he ordered it for someone else under the guise that he is under age and would be prosecuted as a minor. The real purchaser prob just paid him off.
 
mesher said:
How the fuk did this kid get that much money, i suspect he ordered it for someone else under the guise that he is under age and would be prosecuted as a minor. The real purchaser prob just paid him off.
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Realize that for like 1 out of every 100 people or so, including teenagers with rich parents, that amount of money is peanuts.
 
Coolio said:
Realize that for like 1 out of every 100 people or so, including teenagers with rich parents, that amount of money is peanuts.
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No way would parents give their kid $20,000. No matter how rich they were, it sounds more like he was just being paid off by somebody, I think there is more to this story but then again i'm just speculating.

and also wouldn't the kid have realized that it might seem sort of suss ordering one kilo of mephedrone over the net...
 
Plenty of 16 year olds are given allowances of thousands of dollars per month, much of which could go to their savings accounts or under the mattress.

It's also not unheard of for 16 year olds to be slangin a pound of cocaine worth a bit more than a kilo of mephedrone.
 
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