In late-2018, our client was one of five men charged over their roles in a wide-reaching drug trafficking operation stretching from Newcastle to Sydney.  Our client was charged with 10 offences, including: 

• Manufacture large commercial quantity of prohibited drug and expose child to process, contrary to section 24(2A) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (“DMTA”);
• Supply commercial quantity of prohibited drug, contrary to section 25(2) of the DMTA (x 3); and
• Knowingly deal with proceeds of crime, contrary to section 193B(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 (x 2).

For more information, see: Sydney high-life comes crashing down – five men charged in Australia with large-scale drug supply, Stuff, 2 February 2019. 

Hanna Legal engaged in extensive charge negotiations with the DPP, which resulted in our client pleading guilty to only 2 of the original 10 offences.  

Our criminal lawyers also negotiated the statement of agreed facts so as to place our client in a better position at his subsequent sentence proceedings.  

For more information, see: Two jailed over NRL-linked drug ring, The Daily Telegraph, 23 May 2020.