Death sentence for man transporting 20 heroin cakes for 5 million VND

(Baonghean.vn) - Tenh knew the backpack contained drugs, but because he was greedy for money, he agreed to take him to the meeting point. Tenh begged to live, but his actions were especially dangerous, so the court sentenced him to death.

On the morning of December 29, the Provincial People's Court opened the first instance criminal trial of Xong Ba Tenh (born in 1986), residing in Na Ngoi commune, Ky Son. Tenh was prosecuted by the Provincial People's Procuracy for "Illegal transportation of narcotics".

Xong Ba Tenh in court. Photo: Nhu Binh

According to the indictment, on the evening of July 12, 2017, an unknown man hired Tenh to deliver a backpack from Na Ngoi to Luu Kien commune (Tuong Duong) for 5 million VND. Tenh opened the backpack and saw many square packages. Thinking about the 5 million VND that this person hired him for, Tenh knew it was drugs.

On the morning of July 13, 2017, Tenh tied his backpack to the back of his car and drove straight from Na Ngoi to Luu Kien commune (Tuong Duong, Nghe An) to deliver the goods and receive his wages, but was discovered and arrested by Tuong Duong district police. The authorities concluded that the 20 packages of white powder seized from Tenh were heroin weighing more than 7kg.

The representative of the Provincial People's Procuracy held the right to prosecute at the trial, requesting the death penalty for Xong Ba Tenh.

At the trial, Xong Ba Tenh confessed his crime. Tenh said that his parents and grandparents were with the revolution, helping the border guards, and that he himself was an ethnic minority with limited legal awareness, and committed the crime out of greed. Xong Ba Tenh asked the panel of judges to consider and give the defendant a chance to live.

However, the defendant's actions were particularly serious, the amount of drugs transported was very large, so the People's Court sentenced Xong Ba Tenh to death.

Nhu Binh