A total effective sentence of 6 years 3 months' imprisonment for two counts of selling approximately 22.7 kg of cannabis as part of an interstate commercial operation is within the appropriate range and does not infringe the first limb of the totality principle. The case confirms the continued firming up of sentences for large-scale commercial cannabis trafficking in Western Australia, consistent with Lester, Malone and McRobb.
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