Three young men from Quang Binh Province were sentenced to life in prison for inviting fellow inmates to Nghe An to sell drugs.
(Baonghean.vn) - All three are from Quang Binh, met each other in prison and went to Nghe An to sell drugs and were sentenced to the same sentence by the court.
On March 9, 2021, the People's Court of Nghe An province brought the defendants: Ngo Thanh Long (born in 1985), Nguyen Thanh Long (born in 1985), Ngo Viet Thanh Vinh (born in 1996), all residing in Dong Hoi City, Quang Binh Province, to trial for the crimes of "Illegal trading of narcotics" and "Illegal transportation of narcotics".drug dealer”.
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| Ngo Thanh Long, Ngo Viet Thanh Vinh, Nguyen Thanh Long at the trial (from left to right). Photo: An Quynh. |
At the trial, the three defendants confessed: While serving his prison sentence at Dong Son Prison (Quang Binh), Ngo Thanh Long became acquainted with Lu Van Thon (born in 1987), residing in Kim Son town, Que Phong district. After being released from prison, Long asked for Thon's phone number for easy contact.
On the afternoon of August 16, 2020, Ngo Thanh Long called Thon to discuss buying opium for sale. Not knowing where to buy it, Lu Van Thon introduced Long to the phone number of a man (address unknown) so that Long could buy the "goods".
After contacting, Long ordered 60 packages at 2.5 million VND/package and made an appointment to receive the goods on August 17, 2020 in Kim Son town.
On the afternoon of August 16, 2020, Ngo Thanh Long invited Nguyen Thanh Long to go to Que Phong to get the goods. Ngo Thanh Long rented a Mazda car with license plate 73A - 082.48 for convenience in getting the goods and then picked up his friend to go together. When arriving at Bo Trach district, Ngo Thanh Long called Ngo Viet Thanh Vinh and invited Vinh to go to Que Phong district (Nghe An) to get drugs. Vinh agreed and drove car 73A - 129.81 to go with him.
At around 11:00 a.m. on August 17, 2020, Ngo Thanh Long went to Kim Son town, Que Phong district. After checking in, Ngo Thanh Long made an appointment with the man above to come to the hotel and deposit the remaining 140 million VND. At the same time, he promised to return the full amount when he arrived in Quang Binh.
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| The defendants at the scene. Photo: Archive |
In Kim Son town, Ngo Thanh Long was called by the above man to go to the meeting point to pick up the "goods" and then return to give the drugs to Ngo Thanh Long to put in his briefcase. On the way back, Ngo Thanh Long drove the 73A - 082.48 in front while Vinh and Nguyen Thanh Long drove the 73A - 129.81 behind. When they reached the Le village area, Chau Hoi commune, Quy Chau district, they encountered the traffic police of the district police signalling to stop the car for inspection. Seeing this, Vinh turned around and ran away, telling Nguyen Thanh Long: "Throw away the stuff", but were both restrained by the police and asked to return to the scene for inspection.
At the scene, 60 small plastic bags containing 12,000 pink tablets were found. Through examination, 1,190.10 grams of methamphetamine were found. At the trial, the Procuracy prosecuted Ngo Thanh Long for illegally buying and selling 1,190.1 grams of drugs; Ngo Viet Thanh Vinh and Nguyen Thanh Long were prosecuted forcrime of illegal transportation1190.10 grams of drugs.
All three defendants have been in prison for drug trafficking, robbery and theft.
Considering the case comprehensively, the panel of judges decided to sentence Ngo Thanh Long, Ngo Viet Thanh Vinh and Nguyen Thanh Long to life in prison for the crime of "illegally transporting drugs"./.
