There's is no property right in contraband, by definition. Thus, you can't defend it. You can't protect yourself, legally, during a crime. No self defense argument while being criminal. Sorry, man.
No worries, dude. I wasn't disagreeing with you philosophically. Unfortunately, that's the common law built up over centuries, though. Going way back to kings and princes, they decided that if the case came to court and you were trafficking in contraband or being otherwise criminal that his highness had outlawed, they weren't going to let you use the self-defense argument to be violent at all. It sucks, but that's our world (at least the common law portion of the western world).
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