A sentencing judge may draw inferences as to the scale of an intended drug manufacturing operation from the volume and nature of equipment found, without requiring evidence of the precise quantity of drugs that might be produced. Approximately 200 items of specialised scientific equipment, together with precursor chemicals, supports characterisation of possession of equipment for trafficking as a serious example of the offence, even where the equipment is disassembled and there is no evidence of actual trafficking or enrichment.
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