Nine years and six months of imprisonment for storage of amphetamine oil

The penalty for violation of section 232 subsection 2 first penal option, cf. section 231, of the Penal Code was nine years and six months of imprisonment. The convicted person had stored 0.9 kilos of amphetamine and 13.6 kilos of amphetamine oil. The Supreme Court found, like the Court of Appeal, that the amphetamine oil, which could not be used as drugs without processing, had to be converted to saleable amphetamine at a purity level within the normal range. The stored drugs was found to constitute nearly 40 kilos of amphetamine of normal strength. The normal penalty would then have been around 12 years of imprisonment. Due to the convicted person's confession, the penalty was reduced to nine years and six months of imprisonment.  

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Areas of law: Criminal law. Sentence.

Key paragraphs: 25, 28

Counsel: A (Counsel Brynjulf Risnes) v. The Public Prosecution Authority (Counsel Daniel Sollie)

Justices: Øie, Noer, Kallerud, Arntzen, Bergh