Whether the charge is possession or trafficking drugs, the consequences could be far-reaching and cost the rest of your life. Mandeep Saggi can handle your case to the end, often having your charges reduced or dismissed.
Conviction of any of the above could result in fines, incarceration, significant restrictions on your travel into the United States, and even deportation from Canada for non-Canadian Citizens. As you can see from the Criminal Code of Canada excerpts below, the Crown takes drug-related offences from possession to intent to sell to trafficking very seriously.
Importation of over 50 kg of cocaine
Importation of large quantities of marijuana
Ecstasy and methamphetamine production
Possession with intent to traffic hard drugs
(Such as cocaine, ecstasy, oxycontin, heroin, crystal meth or ketamine)Drug trafficking
Simple possession
Drug charges range widely in severity. Even a simple possession charge may result in a criminal record. If you’ve been charged with trafficking or intent to traffic, or of benefitting from the proceeds of crime, you might face some very serious consequences. Saggi Law Firm could be the best possible way to avoid a criminal record or jail.
Mandeep Saggi has often successfully maneuvered trafficking charges to be reduced to simple possession pleas with community service or counselling sentences. Mandeep Saggi has also successfully defended against many attempts to seize property or assets from defendants under Canada’s definition of proceeds of crime.
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The relevant provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act are set out below:
Section 4 deals with “simple possession”;
Section 5 deals with “possession for the purpose of trafficking” and trafficking;
Trafficking is defined as
1. to sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send or deliver the substance,
2. to sell an authorization to obtain the substance, or
3. to offer to do anything mentioned in (a) or (b).
Section 6 deals with “possession for exporting” and “importing or exporting”;
Section 7 deals with “production”;
Section 10 sets out aggravating factors that a court must take into consideration on sentencing.