Where a conspiracy charge is laid, the Ridgeway second category (illegal police conduct constituting the principal offence or an essential ingredient) cannot apply if the conspiracy was complete upon agreement before any police-controlled importation. The 'unwary innocent' versus 'unwary criminal' distinction from Sherman v United States is not a precise legal test, and prior drug convictions — even decades old — are relevant to assessing predisposition.
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