Drug Offence

A drug conviction can upturn your life in an instant. Possession of any quantity of narcotics is a criminal offence in Canada and if convicted for a drug offence, you may suffer additional employment, immigration, and travel consequences. With the increasing complexity of modern drug investigations involving wiretaps, search warrants, and production orders, you owe it to yourself to hire a leading Scarborough drug and trafficking defence lawyer like Graham Zoppi to protect your rights in court.

As an experienced drug and trafficking defence lawyer, Graham Zoppi has defended clients from all categories of drug and trafficking related criminal offences. He has protected professionals such as doctors and lawyers from simple drug possession charges, individuals charged with large scale drug production, and individuals charged with multi-million-dollar drug importation offences. With 20 years of Charter litigation experience, drug and trafficking defence lawyer Graham Zoppi puts forward the best defence for clients on all fronts and fights to exclude evidence of seized drugs as a result of unlawful search and seizure.

Simple possession usually involves possession of low drug quantities suggesting personal use. Possession for the purpose of trafficking involves controlled substances where the crown can prove an intent to trafficking (sell, transfer, gift, etc) the drug. Scarborough drug and trafficking defence lawyer Graham Zoppi carefully reviews all disclosure in your case to determine if the drug evidence can be excluded from the trial due to a violation of your Charter rights against unreasonable search and seizure. Graham Zoppi also attacks cases on the basis of insufficient proof of an intent to traffic or whether it can even be proven that his client had possession of the drugs at all.

Drug and trafficking defence lawyer Graham Zoppi has defended large scale production and importation drug offences, and large scale “Project” organized crime cases. With these offences usually involving lengthy periods of jail upon conviction, hiring an experienced drug defence lawyer like Graham Zoppi is the key to putting forward your best defence. With his numerous years of trial experience, Graham Zoppi can effectively litigate against police wiretap authorizations, complex search warrants, and confidential informant warrants. Despite the volume of paperwork and disclosure in drug production and importation offences, Graham Zoppi never loses track of his client’s interests and works tireless to advance their case through to an acquittal.