Possession with intent to sell or supply of approximately 24g of methylamphetamine at 67% purity, intended for distribution in a remote community, will ordinarily attract immediate imprisonment even where the offender has no prior convictions and is of previous good character. The fact that an appellate court has declined to interfere with a suspended sentence in another case does not establish that suspension was the only available option.
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