Multiple drug possession offences arising from a single search on a single date, where the offender was engaged in one overall criminal activity of drug trafficking for profit, should ordinarily be ordered to be served concurrently rather than cumulatively, even where the drugs are of different types. The totality principle requires that the aggregate sentence adequately reflect the total criminality without being excessive.
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