Drug Charges
Drug Supply & Trafficking
Supply and trafficking charges carry serious penalties, and often turn on what 'supply' really means.
Drug supply is a serious charge that can be made out by actual supply, an agreement to supply, or 'deemed supply', where police allege that possessing more than a threshold quantity is enough. The quantity and the alleged role drive both the charge and the penalty.
City Group Legal defends supply and trafficking charges from Local Court matters to indictable prosecutions, testing the evidence of supply and the way the quantity is characterised.
What's at stake. Supply penalties escalate with quantity, from the Local Court for small amounts to lengthy maximum terms for indictable, commercial and large-commercial quantities, several of which carry standard non-parole periods.
How we defend drug supply & trafficking
We test the evidence of actual supply, and on deemed-supply matters whether the drugs were held for a purpose other than supply. We examine the search, the continuity of the evidence and the quantity analysis, and where a plea is right we prepare a sentence case that puts your role in its true context.
Frequently asked
What is 'deemed supply'?
Deemed supply is where police rely on you possessing more than a threshold quantity to allege supply, even without a sale. It can be answered by proving the drugs were held for another purpose, such as personal use. It requires careful, early preparation.
Is a supply charge always gaol?
No, but the serious ones carry real risk of full-time custody. The quantity, your role and your record all matter, and how the sentence case is prepared can be decisive.
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