It could be one of those only in Tasmania stories. Dwayne Grant Seabourne of Devonport may well be the world’s dumbest drug dealer.
He travelled from Tasmania to buy some ecstacy, paying $6,000 for 400 pills. When intercepted by police at Launceston airport, Seabourne admitted to having bought drugs and handed over a cylinder wrapped in masking tape. However, its contents were a bit of a surprise, not ecstacy but blue M&M’s.
Despite actually turning out to be nothing more than a chocolate smuggler, he copped 3 months jail last year for attempting to traffic drugs.
He was back in court recently charged with actual trafficking of drugs. This stems from a police raid on his home where they found 10 bags of cannabis weighing close to 23 grams and several plastic bags containing traces of speed. Seabourne claimed these drugs were for his personal use. However, the prosecution pressed ahead with the charges claiming the bags demonstrated an intent to sell the drugs.
Seabourne found the judge to be sympathetic however, and she raised concerns about the lack of evidence linking Seabourne to having intent to sell the drug, given the small amount of speed found in the plastic bags. After discussing the matter with the prosecution and defence lawyers, it was agreed to drop the trafficking charges and change it to possession. He pleaded guilty to this and received an 18 month supervised probation order, which requires him to undergo drug and alcohol counselling.
My feeling is that the judge actually took pity on the guy for being such a total moron.
