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Kiribati fines a fisheries officer who kept and used cannabis

Fisheries officer Tebaatei Kourabi received a fine after being convicted of keeping cannabis he had found and used for about a month.

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Fisheries officer Tebaatei Kourabi received a fine after being convicted of keeping cannabis he had found and used for about a month. The court held that his own evidence and admissions showed he knew what he possessed, and accepted the case without a new test of the seized material.^[1] The sentence provided four months in prison if the fine was unpaid, while taking account of his family obligations, cooperation and lack of previous offences.^[2]^[1]^[2]

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Republic v Kourabi, conviction of 21 May 2018 (archived PacLII copy). High Court of Kiribati. Criminal Case 29/2017; knowledge, admissions, possession and testing evidence.
Republic v Kourabi, sentence of 22 May 2018 (archived PacLII copy). High Court of Kiribati. Family circumstances, employment, fine and four months’ imprisonment in default.

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