Importing and exporting offenses of course are considered very serious by the Courts.  Importing is considered an especially serious crime when the substance could not otherwise be found in Canada.  Cocaine and opium are examples of  controlled drugs  that cannot be made very easily in Canada.  Sentences for importing charges are generally jail sentences for a number of years. 

Lastly, drug offenses may be charged under the Criminal Code of Canada as a conspiracy.  This will generally be the case when the police have wiretap evidence.   A conspiracy to traffic in a controlled drug or substance is an agreement between two or more people to commit an offense and is itself an offense under the Criminal Code.  Sentences for these crimes will generally be greater than the individual offense of trafficking.  This is because more people are involved and the crime involves more planning and can last longer.   A defense to a conspiracy charge can be very time consuming and expensive.   This can involved a long trial with an attack on the validity of the wiretap authorization (which requires the written approval by a Supreme Court Judge) , and then a lengthy trial with evidence of conversations of the defendants the police say were all about drug trafficking etc.

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