Selling cows to traffic drugs, father of 7 children burst into tears in court
(Baonghean.vn) - Tho Cong Minh confessed that to have money to trade drugs, he and his wife sold their cow. In court, the young father of 7 children cried many times, asking the court to reduce his sentence.
On September 28, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Tho Cong Minh (32 years old), residing in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking”.
According to the case file, on June 24, 2023, Minh went to work in the fields and met a woman (unknown background and address). Through conversation, this person ordered 20 packages of pink phien from Minh.
The next night, I took 25 million VND and walked to the border area with Laos to buy drugs. With the money I brought, I bought 20 packages of opium and brought them home to hide.
Early the next morning, this man took drugs to deliver to customers, but was discovered and arrested by the police on the way. The evidence in the case was more than 355 grams of drugs.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to committing the crime as charged in the indictment. During the investigation, the defendant stated that he used the money from selling the cow to trade drugs. The defendant presented his difficult circumstances, with his wife and 7 young children, asking the court to consider reducing his sentence.
The panel of judges determined that the defendant’s actions were dangerous to society, affecting public order and security; and violated the State’s regulations on drug management. The defendant was healthy, fully aware, and knew that drug trafficking was a violation of the law, but still did it for profit. Therefore, the court sentenced Tho Cong Minh to 20 years in prison.
