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Criminal Case Involving Drug Importation via Silk

This case summary explores DPP v Cemagoj, a criminal case involving online drug trafficking. It highlights court procedures, legal principles, and sentencing, while applying key elements of Australia's justice system process and judicial hierarchy.

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DPP v Cemagoj [2017] VCC TAS1Mr Cemagoj ordered drugs through a website on the dark web and had them posted to twoaddresses in Geelong. Australian Customs intercepted several packages containing drugs which ledthe Australian Federal Police to conduct an investigation, which lead to Mr. Cernagoj's arrest.2Below is an excerpt from the judgement3Shortly after meeting a man by the name of Mitjan Kitek1in April 2012, you offeredto sell him ice and he became a regular customer.4During the time that you were supplying ice to Mr Kitek, you told him that you werelooking to import drugs from overseas by having them posted to you.You asked Mr Kitek ifhe was prepared to lend his name and address, that is, to act as a post box for the drugsordered by you through a website called Silk Road. He agreed.5Between 4 June 2013 and 5 February 2014, four parcels of drugs were intercepted byCustoms, which were addressed to Mr Kitek at your home address. The first of those parcelscontained a single tablet, 0.1 grams of MDMA. The other parcels contained greaterquantities.One parcel contained a bag of 4.1 grams of pure MDMA.6After the police arrested Mr Kitek, text messages on his mobile phone revealedcontact with you relating to the arrival of parcels containing drugs ordered through the SilkRoad website.7Police arrested you and executed a search warrant at your house on 18 February2014.$10,100 in cash was found under shelf in your bedroom.Various telephones andelectronic devices were also seized.Examination of those that revealed some been used toaccess the Silk Road website to research importing drags and the use of Bitcoin to purchasedrags online.8On Charge 1 of drug trafficking, you are sentenced to be imprisoned for a period ofsix months. On Charge 2 of importation of border-controlled drags, you are sentenced to be
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