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Originally Posted by Kunama
Hopefully this will make others think a little more about their future when being offered these courier jobs. There certainly is no deterrent value in the Australian legal system, if these people had brought the 8Kg of heroin into Australia they would have been back on the street peddling the stuff within 4 years.
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From the commonwealth criminal code
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Subdivision C--Possessing border controlled drugs or border controlled plants reasonably suspected of having been unlawfully imported
307.8 Possessing commercial quantities of border controlled drugs or border controlled plants reasonably suspected of having been unlawfully imported
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person possesses a substance; and
(b) the substance is reasonably suspected of having been unlawfully imported; and
(c) the substance is a border controlled drug or border controlled plant; and
(d) the quantity possessed is a commercial quantity.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life or 7,500 penalty units, or both
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Whilst I'm against the death penalty in general, I'm very much against implementing when the case is still before the courts.