Life sentence for addict who bought and sold 2 heroin cakes and 2 packages of crystal meth
(Baonghean.vn) - Having been in prison for illegal possession of drugs, Pham Van Hung could not overcome temptation and continued to make mistakes, receiving a life sentence.
On June 26, Nghe An Provincial People's Court held the first instance trial of the case of "Illegal drug trafficking" against defendant Pham Van Hung (born in 1970, residing in Ta Xieng village, Ngoc Lam commune, Thanh Chuong district).
As a long-time addict, Pham Van Hung looks more haggard than his actual age. His parents only have him as their sole support, but now seeing their son standing in court, they cannot help but feel heartbroken and sad.
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| Defendant Pham Van Hung at the trial. Photo: An Quynh |
According to Hung, on the afternoon of December 1, 2018, because he wanted to find some drugs to use as well as sell for a few bucks, Hung called a Laotian named Tong to buy 2kg of crystal meth and 2 heroin bars, the two sides agreed on a price of 350 million VND.
Hearing the price was reasonable, Hung immediately brought 200 million VND to the Vietnam-Laos border in Ngoc Lam commune, Thanh Chuong district to meet Tong.
At 9 p.m., Hung and Tong met at the meeting place. Hung gave Tong 200 million VND and received a black plastic bag containing drugs. Tong told Hung that he still owed 150 million VND. If he paid, Tong would give Hung 20 million VND. Hung agreed and hid the drugs at his home in Thanh Chuong.
On December 6, 2018, when a drug addict placed an order, Pham Van Hung immediately put the purchased drugs in a bag and took them to the Trai River area (Thanh Huong commune, Thanh Chuong district). At around 4:00 p.m. the same day, while the transaction was being discovered, the drug buyer immediately escaped.
During the inspection, Pham Van Hung seized 2 packages of solid white crystalline substance and 2 cakes of white compressed powder, suspected to be heroin.
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| The drugs Hung is preparing to deliver to the customer. Photo: Duc Vu |
Through testing, it was determined that the two packages of white crystalline substance were methamphetamine weighing 1,765.7 grams and the two cakes of white powder were heroin weighing 703.18 grams.
Defendant Phan Van Hung was tried by the People's Court of Thanh Chuong district and sentenced to 24 months in prison for "Illegal possession of narcotics", which was completed in May 2013.
The panel of judges found that although the defendant Hung had been tried for drug-related crimes, he continued to violate them on a larger scale and at a more dangerous level. However, considering that the defendant had mitigating circumstances and had repented, the panel decided to sentence the defendant to life in prison for the crime of “Illegal drug trafficking”.
