A total effective sentence of 10 years' imprisonment with a 6-year non-parole period was upheld for a 20-year-old first offender who pleaded guilty to attempting to possess a commercial quantity of cocaine and trafficking a large commercial quantity of cocaine, where the offender was the Melbourne-based principal of an international drug importation enterprise. The mitigating effect of youth is significantly diminished where the offender plays a principal role in serious drug importation and trafficking offences involving commercial quantities.
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