A mother of four in Samoa has been given until January to arrange care for her children before being sentenced for drug offences.
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Christina Schuster, 42, was found guilty yesterday of possession of marijuana for the purpose of sale.
Her husband, who pleaded guilty to the same charges, is already serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence.
The charges relate to a police raid last December on the couple's home in Nu'u-fou, where over 1.7kg of marijuana were seized.
Police evidence heard during the trial revealed the couple was involved with another suspect implicated in a separate police raid this month in the village of Faleatiu, where more than 10,000 marijuana plants were seized.
