Vanuatu suspends a young cannabis seller’s ten-month prison sentence
Kaston Niawiye received concurrent ten-month sentences, suspended for two years, for possession, cultivation and sale of cannabis, plus twelve months’ supervision.[@1] He had been eighteen when he sold rolls for an older relative; the court found no evidence that he grew his ten plants commercially or personally shared the sale proceeds.[@1] The judgment applied the personal-growing guidance…
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Kaston Niawiye received concurrent ten-month sentences, suspended for two years, for possession, cultivation and sale of cannabis, plus twelve months’ supervision.[1] He had been eighteen when he sold rolls for an older relative; the court found no evidence that he grew his ten plants commercially or personally shared the sale proceeds.[1] The judgment applied the personal-growing guidance and distinguished low-level sellers from people cultivating cannabis for profit.[1][1]
Sources
- personal growing and low-level cannabis sales. Public Prosecutor v Niawiye, 2019. Supreme Court, 1 March 2019; paragraphs 1–5, 9–21; recounts Wetul facts and sentence, and Taviti distinction.