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A George Town man who was found with more than 13 kilograms of cannabis bud worth an estimated $176,742 has avoided jail after pleading guilty to trafficking.
Andrew John Sutcliffe, 42, was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on April 2 to two years behind bars, wholly suspended for three years.
Justice Michael Brett said police raided Sutcliffe’s home and a shed he used on a separate George Town property on May 19, 2025.
Officers found 13.29 kilograms of cannabis bud across the two locations, along with 15.5 kilograms of cannabis leaf, which Brett said had little if any commercial value.
Equipment consistent with a “relatively sophisticated cultivation operation” was found at both sites.
Sutcliffe pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in cannabis and a string of other charges, including possession of cannabis, MDMA, testosterone, two tasers, three rounds of .22 calibre ammunition and two smoking devices.
He also pleaded guilty to resisting a police officer and cultivating cannabis.
Justice Brett said Sutcliffe’s lawyer conceded his client “in the habit of purchasing and selling bulk quantities of cannabis, albeit within a small circle of other users”.
“He also makes the point that there is no evidence of unexplained wealth,” the judge said.
The resisting charge came after Sutcliffe aggressively confronted police during the search of his home, forcing officers to use capsicum spray to arrest him.
Justice Brett said the remaining charges involved small quantities of other drugs clearly intended for personal use.
Sutcliffe is single after his marriage broke down when police uncovered his trafficking activity.
He is the father of a child and stepchild and has limited criminal history, with no prior drug convictions.
Justice Brett said cannabis could no longer be considered a so-called “soft drug”.
“It is now well-established as being a drug with both addictive and harmful qualities,” he said.
“Those like you who traffic in this drug for commercial gain seek to make profit at the expense of the welfare of others and the community generally.”
Justice Brett said a prison sentence was clearly warranted but decided to fully suspend it, primarily because of Sutcliffe’s early guilty plea and clean record on drug offences.
He warned that police would likely be watching Sutcliffe closely and any further imprisonable offence during the three-year suspension period would see him serve the sentence.
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