ABSTRACT

O’Connor LJ: ... All three appellants accepted that they participated in importing large quantities of cannabis into this country concealed in secret compartments in motor cars. They were indicted in the ordinary form for being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the prohibition on the importation of a controlled drug contrary to s 170(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. The particulars of offence were that on the relevant dates they were in relation to a class B controlled drug, namely in the case of Ellis and Street 29.3 kilogrammes and in the case of Smith 24.85 kilogrammes of cannabis, ‘knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the prohibition on importation imposed by s 3(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971’.