On a charge of attempting to import a border controlled drug under ss 11.1 and 307.3 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), the prosecution is not required to identify the particular border controlled drug the accused believed he was importing. It is sufficient that the jury could infer beyond reasonable doubt that the accused believed he was importing a border controlled drug. This applies even where the substance actually imported was not a border controlled drug and the accused has made no admission as to which drug he believed it to be. Section 300.5 of the Code independently supports this conclusion.
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