BigTrancer
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5. Meaning of "possession"
Without restricting the meaning of the word "possession", any substance shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be in the possession of a person so long as it is upon any land or premises occupied by him or is used, enjoyed or controlled by him in any place whatsoever, unless the person satisfies the court to the contrary.
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Watson and Stevenson
These defendants were sisters who were involved in the importation of Eden, a drug similar to Ecstasy, which was sent to them by their brother in Northern Ireland. In November 1995, five parcels containing Eden tablets were detected at the International Mail exchange in South Melbourne. The AFP carried out a controlled delivery of two of the parcels and arrested the defendants.
After the arrest, police found a further nine parcels from Northern Ireland containing 10 000 tablets of Eden.
There was evidence that the defendants had transferred large sums of money to bank accounts overseas, all in amounts of less than $10 000. Many of the transfers were conducted using false names. The defendants had large amounts of cash on them when they were arrested.
At trial, Stevenson pleaded guilty to one count under section 31 of the Financial Transactions Reports Act 1988, of structuring transactions to avoid the reporting requirements under the Act, but denied all knowledge of the drugs and denied knowing that the money she sent overseas was derived from the sale of drugs. Watson did not deny that she helped organise the importations, but gave evidence that she thought she was dealing with steroids and not narcotics.
Watson was convicted on 14 counts of being knowingly concerned in the importation of narcotics contrary to section 233B of the Customs Act and Stevenson was convicted on 12 of the 14 counts against her. They were both sentenced to two years imprisonment on the Customs Act charges and Stevenson was sentenced to eight months imprisonment on the FTR Act offence.
At sentence, the judge took into account the fact that the defendants' brother had been sentenced to two years imprisonment on drug offences. The judge accepted that the brother was the organising force behind the scheme and was the only one to receive any real profit.
Controlled operations & breach of section 233B of the customs act
Drug use and the law
lots more info at this site
Cheers, BigTrancer
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