When you read in the newspaper or hear on television that someone has been charged with drug trafficking-whether it's marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamines, prescription drugs like Xanax or hydrocodone-you think that the person must be a big-time drug dealer. This is not always the case. In Florida, the police can arrest and charge you with trafficking in illegal drugs for the amount in your possession or in your car at the time of the arrest. It's a common misperception that a trafficking charge means you're caught in the act of selling (trafficking) the drug.
If you are found to be in possession of 25 pounds of marijuana or 300 or more marijuana plants, the police can charge you with trafficking in marijuana. Possession of 28 grams or more of cocaine will result in a cocaine trafficking charge. While 4 grams of heroin will result in the trafficking charge. All of these trafficking charges are First Degree Felonies. If you are convicted under Florida drug trafficking statutes the charges carry mandatory minimum sentences where the judge can not reduce the sentence. These mimimums are 3 years in prison to a lifetime of incarceration.
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