Death sentence for the man who transported more than 4.5 kg of drugs from Vinh to Hanoi

On July 23, when Nguyen Tien Manh (born in 1991, residing in Quang Trung ward, Vinh city, Nghe An) was brought to trial, the Hanoi People's Court decided to sentence him to death for the crime of "Illegal transportation of narcotics", according to Article 250 of the 2015 Penal Code.

During the trial, the Court clarified that through social relationships, in August 2017, Nguyen Tien Manh knew a subject named Chai but his background was unknown. Immediately after that, Chai asked Manh to transport drugs from Vinh City to Hanoi for a fee of 30 million VND.

Nguyen Tien Manh was brought to trial in court.

Accepting and following the instructions of his accomplices, on the evening of January 25, 2018, Manh went to the stadium of a school, then transferred all the drugs in the bag in the bushes into the backpack he was carrying. After that, he put the backpack containing the drugs near his house and hid it in the bushes.

At dawn on January 26, 2018, Manh took his backpack containing drugs and took a bus to Hanoi. However, in the afternoon of the same day, when he just arrived at the gate of Nuoc Ngam Bus Station (Hanoi), Manh was suddenly discovered and arrested by the police.

According to the forensic conclusion, the total weight of drugs seized from Manh was 4,505.28 grams and it was Methamphetamine... In court, the defendant honestly confessed to the act of illegally transporting drugs as charged in the indictment and only asked the court to consider a lighter sentence.

However, considering that the amount of drugs that Nguyen Tien Manh illegally transported was exceptionally large, after consideration, the Hanoi People's Court of First Instance decided to impose the highest penalty of removing the defendant from society.