Tasmanian guy trafficks blue m&ms, confuses supreme court.

The rise in Tasmania's illicit blue m&m trade has gripped the nation this week, with the sentencing of a 21 year old man for importing 400 units of the controlled substance across to Launceston from Melbourne.

The budding young candy baron's career was tragically cut short when police intercepted him at Launceston airport, finding on his person three credit cards under a false name, a mobile phone, and a cylinder of blue m&ms stashed in his undie-pants.

The man had allegedly bought the m&ms for $15 each and intended to sell them for $30 back in Launceston, where m&ms still only come in the traditional red, orange, yellow, green and two shades of brown. Demand for the coloured candy we on the mainland have been taking for granted for years now is high, a fact the young man tried to take advantage of, forging documents and purchasing flights under a false name to secure the controlled confection.

Unfortunately for the man, someone along the line mistook the m&ms for MDMA, which carries higher charges, increasing his criminal and public profile and destroying his trans-Tasman chocolate importation career forever.

In what became a very confusing case, the judge eventually moved to charge the man for accidentally buying the wrong illegal substance.

Official comments from presiding Justice Tennent stated: "You wanted to improve your financial position. The result was you lost over $6,000. While you obviously intended to sell the ecstasy tablets (m&ms) you engaged to buy, you were never able to put the plan into effect because of police intervention and could not have in any event because of the deception practiced on you."

The judge went on to say "This is clearly an unusual case. The sentence must reflect your intentions, that is, to buy a significant quantity of ecstasy tablets and sell them for a profit. It must also reflect the steps you took to give effect to those intentions. It must also reflect that you were never able to put those intentions into effect although that is really reflected in the nature of the charge brought against you."

*Keanu-style "whoa.."*

The man is currently serving a three month sentence with two years of good behaviour.