A sentence of 13 years' imprisonment with a 9 year 6 month non-parole period was upheld for a courier who imported 30.2 kg (23.7 kg pure) of methamphetamine, where the courier collected, repackaged and physically imported the drugs and stood to receive €150,000. The Court confirmed that a courier and a receiver/distributor who are consecutive links in the same supply chain may properly be assessed as having broadly equivalent roles for parity purposes, notwithstanding differences in the duration and nature of their preparatory activities.
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