Voluntary desistance from drug trafficking, particularly where the offender resists pressure from undercover police to continue, may constitute an exceptional mitigating factor justifying a significantly lower sentence than would otherwise be appropriate for the level of trafficking. An appropriate starting point for a substantial heroin trafficking operation of this kind is in the range of 10 to 12 years imprisonment.
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