The offender, a 35-year-old first-time offender, was convicted by a jury of trafficking one ounce of fentanyl to an undercover officer.
Despite her recent rehabilitation efforts, the court found she lacked insight into the gravity of the offence and played a key role as a broker in the transaction.
Emphasizing the lethal nature of fentanyl and the need for denunciation and deterrence, the court rejected a conditional sentence and imposed a four-year penitentiary term.
