CRIMINAL CASE
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No Criminal Record for Possessing 7 ‘Ecstacy’ Tablets
Our client is a 25 year old man who works in the marketing industry. Police were conducting patrols outside a popular music festival with the assistance of their drug detection dogs, when a dog indicated the presence of drugs in...
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No Criminal Record for 14 Ecstacy Tablets
Our client is a foreign national on a working holiday visa. A few months into her stay in Australia, she decided to attend a music festival with a group of friends. On the day of the festival, she was pressured...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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Third ‘Non-Conviction’ for Drug Possession
Our client is a 38-year-old teacher. Police in plain clothes observed him stand up and exit a bar as they were entering the premises with a drug-detection dog. Police decided to approach him, at which time our client immediately produced...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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No Criminal Record for ‘Deemed Supply’ of 15 Ecstacy Tablets
Our client is a 24 year old student who was found to be in possession of 15 ecstasy tablets. During the police interview, he admitted intending to supply the tablets to his friends once they were all together inside the...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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No Conviction for ‘Deemed Supply’ of 12 Ecstacy Tablets
Our client is a 27-year-old apprentice plumber from Sydney. Police observed him walking along a footpath with another person outside a popular annual music festival. As our client was adjusting his pants, a single brown pill fell out of his...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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Not Guilty of Commercial Drug Importation
Our three clients are all Indonesian nationals who were crew members aboard a ship headed for Australia. The ship’s cargo-hold was altered to increase its capacity, containing a speed boat and dozens of ‘Prada’ bags filled with a total of...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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Drug Supply Charges Withdrawn
Our client is a 58-year-old lady who owns a tobacconist store in the CBD. Police had previously seized synthetic drugs from her store, and had received further reports that synthetic cannabis was still being sold. They obtained a warrant to...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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Bail Granted for Large Commercial Drug Supply
Our 23 year old client has been granted conditional bail in Central Local Court after being charged with ‘supplying a large commercial quantity of prohibited drug’ and ‘knowingly participate in criminal group’. Police conducted a controlled operation into the alleged...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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Client Avoids Prison Despite Breaching Suspended Sentence
In May 2013, our client pleaded guilty to Supplying a Commercial Quantity of Prohibited Drug and 3 counts of Possess Prohibited Drug. He was given a two-year ‘Suspended Sentence’ and 3 x three-year ‘Section 9 Good Behaviour Bonds’ for those...
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CRIMINAL CASE
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All Clients who Pleaded Guilty to Drug Possession Avoid Criminal Records
In Burwood Local Court, each of our Senior Lawyers represented 3 clients who were caught possessing drugs at the Stereosonic Music Festival. Our clients were from various social, economic and cultural backgrounds and worked in a range of fields –...
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