Retailing drugs for profit, sentenced to 9 years in prison
(Baonghean.vn) - Bought more than 100 synthetic drug pills from a Laotian, now returning home to retail to addicts in the area.
On March 21, 2019, the People's Court of Ky Son district tried defendant Lau Ba Gio (born in 1990), residing in Truong Son village, Nam Can commune (Ky Son) for the crime of illegal drug trafficking.
According to the indictment: After a period of working for a company in the South and returning to his hometown, on October 5, 2018, Gio took the money he had saved to Tien Tieu village, Nam Can commune, Ky Son district to buy drugs to sell for profit.
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| Defendant Lau Ba Gio and his wife and children at the trial. Photo: Hoang Tuan |
Now, he bought a bag of synthetic drugs (more than 100 pills) from a Laotian for 3,000,000 VND. After buying the drugs, he returned home to sell them to drug addicts in the area.
At around 5:00 p.m. on October 10, 2018, while Gio was exchanging and buying drugs, he was discovered and caught red-handed by Ky Son District Police. The amount of drugs seized from Gio was determined to weigh 11.75 grams.
In court, Lau Ba Gio confessed honestly and showed remorse.Last words before the panel of judges deliberates, I now ask the panel of judges to consider the family circumstances (young children, wife's poor health) and reduce the sentence so that the defendant can return home to raise his children soon.
Considering the nature, level, crime and attitude of the defendant, Ky Son District People's Court sentenced Lau Ba Gio to 9 years in prison.
