A charge of trafficking in cannabis based on possession for sale (s 70 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic)) cannot be sustained where the only evidence is the cultivation of cannabis plants and there is no evidence of commercial dealings or purpose of sale beyond the circumstances of cultivation itself.
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