Individual sentences of 4 years and 4 years 6 months for attempting to possess 227.1 g and 383.8 g of pure methylamphetamine (unlawfully imported) were manifestly inadequate where the offender was a well-organised low to mid-level dealer in a significant drug enterprise, offended while on bail for identical offences, and showed no remorse. Sentences of 10 years and 10 years 7 months and 2 weeks were substituted. The case confirms that comparable federal sentencing cases (not State drug legislation cases) must be the primary reference point for sentencing federal drug offenders.
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