Assessment of the relative roles of co-offenders in a drug importation conspiracy for sentencing purposes is not limited to comparing the duration of physical involvement with the drugs or the number of overt acts; it requires consideration of the nature of the conspiracy, hierarchical position, and the importance of each individual's role. A co-offender who supervised the Australian end of an importation may properly be assessed as 'on a par' with the co-offender who had physical custody of the drugs during the voyage.
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