Drug traffickers sentenced to death, life imprisonment
The People’s Court of Hanoi on January 3 sentenced two people to death and six to life imprisonment for smuggling drugs between the northern mountainous province of Son La and Hanoi.
Hanoi (VNA) – The People’s Court of Hanoi on January 3 sentenced twopeople to death and six to life imprisonment for smuggling drugs between thenorthern mountainous province of Son La and Hanoi.
Nguyen Thi Bich Nga and Nguyen Van Vo, bothborn in 1969 in Hanoi, received death penalties.
Life sentences were imposed on Dao Thi Binh(born in 1977), Truong Quoc Dong (1974), Ngo Trung Kien (1995) and Truong CongThanh (1992), living in Son La province, and Le Van Bang (1984) and Nguyen VanDuy (1976), living in Hanoi. Among them, Binh is Kien’s mother, and Dong isThanh’s uncle.
According to the indictment, Binh and Dongwere caught on May 12, 2016 transporting two heroin bricks and 58 bags of methamphetamineweighing a total of nearly 2kg.
Investigations revealed that the couple andKien and Thanh had transported drugs from Son La to Hanoi since the beginningof 2016.
The drugs were sold to Vo, Nga, Bang and Duy,who would then sell them on to other people.
The investigation agency announced that Binhand Dong were charged with trafficking four heroin bricks, weighing 1.4kg, and17,600 methamphetamine pills, weighing 1.75kg, and 178.1gr of opium.
Kien and Thanh were charged with traffickingtwo heroin bricks and 17,600 synthetic pills.
Nga was responsible for smuggling over 2kgof synthetic drugs (methamphetamine and ketamine) and 6,000 methamphetamine pillsand 178.1gr of opium.
Meanwhile, Vo was involved in smuggling fourheroin bricks and 58 bags of methamphetamine. Bang and Duy were charged withbuying two heroin bricks from Binh, Dong and Vo.
All of them were charged with “illegallysmuggling drugs” in accordance with Article 194, Clause 4 of the PenalCode.-VNA
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Synthetic drugs - Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
