Canadian Criminal Law/Offences/Drug Trafficking

Proving the Offence
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Along with the essential elements of time and date, identity and jurisdiction, the Crown must prove the elements of:
 * 1) Possession of Substance (Knowledge, consent, control)
 * 2) must have knowledge of the illegal nature of the substance
 * 3) Substance is a Control Substance under the CDSA (certificate of analysis, chain of possession, amounts found)
 * 4) the accused knew of (or held a belief as to) the nature of the substance
 * 5) Possession of Substance was not authorized
 * 6) The accused intended to traffic the Substance

Trafficking Along with the essential elements of time and date, identity and jurisdiction, the Crown must prove the elements of:
 * 1) Accused was trafficking in a substance
 * 2) the substance was Schedule I to V Controlled Substance

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Typical Defences

 * Entrapment