Where co-accused are jointly charged with drug supply based on possession of drugs in a vehicle they both drove, possession in law may be found on the basis of active participation in transporting the drugs with knowledge, including by taking turns driving. A propensity warning is not required merely because an indictment contains multiple drug counts; a separate consideration direction is ordinarily sufficient. An appellant cannot on appeal raise scenarios of differential knowledge or acquiescence that were inconsistent with the defence conducted at trial.
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