15 years in prison for 3 defendants for illegal drug trafficking

(Baonghean.vn)- On the morning of September 29, the People's Court of Que Phong district tried three defendants Nguyen Van My (born 1993), Tho Ba Gio (born 1994) and Nguyen Van Duc (born 1987) for the crime of illegal drug trafficking.

Three defendants in the dock

According to the indictment of the People's Procuracy of Que Phong district: At about 7:30 p.m. on May 3, 2015, while on patrol, the Que Phong district police task force caught Nguyen Van My, residing in block 1, Kim Son town, carrying a cigarette pack containing 0.5g of heroin. My confessed that his brother, Nguyen Van Duc, asked him to sell the drugs to Le Kim Khue.

Que Phong district police searched My and Duc's house and found 54 synthetic drug pills and 2 packages of heroin weighing 10.5 grams. On May 7, Duc continued to Tri Le to buy 280,000 VND worth of heroin from Tho Ba Gio for use, but was discovered and arrested by the police. Expanding the investigation, Duc confessed that he had previously asked Tho Ba Gio to buy drugs from a stranger in Tri Le commune twice. The first time he bought 100 synthetic drug pills for 4,800,000 VND, the second time he bought 1 package of heroin for 1,000,000 VND. Duc hid the above drugs in his house to use and sell for profit.

With the above evidence and details, the People's Court of Que Phong district sentenced Tho Ba Gio to 7 years in prison, Nguyen Van Duc to 6 years in prison and Nguyen Van My to 2 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking./.

Thuy Hang - Kim Lieng