'Ice' man made drug

A man paid $7000 for amphetamines, then reducing it to a more pure form called "ice", was addicted to the drug, the NT Supreme Court heard yesterday.

Robert Ewin Chin had the income to buy the drug and he was not selling it, his counsel Ian Rowbottam said.

He had admitted to making the drug more pure to feed his addiction.

Yesterday was the third day in court for Chin, 39, who pleaded guilty last October to possessing methamphetamine (107.862g) on February 6, 2004.

Justice Dean Mildren said he would sentence Chin on Wednesday.

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Pubdate: 5th February 2005
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