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Man’s Supreme Court bid to challenge drug supply conviction fails

A man convicted of offering to supply cocaine and ketamine has been denied permission to take his case to the Supreme Court.

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A man convicted on representative charges of offering to supply cocaine and ketamine has failed in his bid to appeal to the Supreme Court. He had argued that 'coco' referred to cannabis rather than cocaine, but the court rejected his application.

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โ€˜Cocoโ€™ meant cannabis, not cocaine, man argued. Supreme Court disagrees

A man convicted on representative charges of offering to supply cocaine and ketamine has failed in a bid to take his case to the countryโ€™s highest court.

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