A sentence of eight years imprisonment with a non-parole period of four years and six months for importing approximately 1,687 grams of pure cocaine as a courier is within the available sentencing range, where comparable decisions for similar offending imposed head sentences of nine to ten years. The practice of setting non-parole periods beyond the halfway mark of the head sentence in drug importation cases was confirmed.
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