30 months in prison for a man who bought drugs and divided them into small parts to sell for profit

(Baonghean.vn) - On June 20, at the headquarters of the People's Committee of Bac Ly commune, the People's Court of Ky Son district opened a mobile court to try 4 criminal cases, with 6 defendants for the crime of illegal drug trafficking and possession.

Defendant Lu Van Pham (born in 1970), residing in La Ngan village, Chieu Luu commune, was sentenced by the People's Court to 30 months in prison for illegal drug trafficking. Photo: Lu Phu

According to the indictment, at around 1:00 p.m. on March 2, 2017, Lu Van Pham (born in 1970), residing in La Ngan village, Chieu Luu commune (Ky Son district), walked from his house to Tat Thoong village, in the same commune, to buy drugs. There, Pham bought 0.7g of heroin from an unknown man for 500,000 VND. After that, Pham divided the drugs he had just bought into 26 small packages and kept them on his person. At 5:00 p.m. on the same day, Pham sold 2 packages of drugs to 2 addicts in the village for 20,000 VND/package. At around 10:30 p.m. on March 3, 2017, Lu Van Pham was caught red-handed by Ky Son district police and all of the heroin was seized.

Defendants at the mobile trial. Photo: Lu Phu

At the trial, Lu Van Pham admitted his crime. The panel of judges sentenced defendant Lu Van Pham to 30 months in prison for "Illegal drug trafficking".

Defendant Va Ba Ly (born 1988), residing in Muong Long commune, Ky Son, was sentenced by the People's Court to 15 months in prison for possessing 0.3g of heroin. Photo: Lu Phu

On the same day, the People's Court of Ky Son district also tried 3 other cases with the same charge of illegal possession of narcotics, including the defendants: Lo May Tuyen (born in 1990), residing in Son Thanh village, Ta Ca commune, Va Ba Ly (born in 1988), residing in Muong Long commune; Cut Van Tuyen (born in 1996), residing in Huoi Nhuc village, Pha Danh commune; Tran Nhat Quy (born in 1992), residing in Na Luong 2 village, Huu Kiem commune; Ven Van Xi (born in 2000), residing in Huoi Cang 1 village, Bac Ly commune. The defendants were sentenced to 12 to 15 months in prison. As for defendant Ven Van Xi, the Trial Council sentenced him to 3 months and 28 days in prison, calculated from the date of detention. Xi was released at the court.

Lu Phu