Where a person enters Australia carrying a suitcase with drugs concealed in it and offers no convincing explanation, and the hypothesis of third-party tampering is speculative and unsupported by evidence, the jury is entitled to infer knowledge and intention. A sentence of 12 years' imprisonment with an 8-year non-parole period for importing over 4,000 grams of pure methylamphetamine (more than five times the commercial quantity) is within range, even for a 70-year-old first offender.
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