The accused was charged with trafficking drugs and breaching probation after smuggling marijuana, hashish, and fentanyl into a correctional centre by secreting them inside his body.
At trial, the accused conceded the acts but raised the defence of duress, testifying that a gang-affiliated inmate threatened to harm him and his brother if he did not comply.
The court found an air of reality to the duress claim and concluded the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused had a safe avenue of escape.
The accused was acquitted of all charges.
