Sell ​​house to move to the forest to sell drugs

On January 15, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Sam Van Phuc (born 1967), residing in Cam Muon commune, Que Phong district, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".

The indictment stated that while living in the Pu Kep mountain forest area, Quang Phong commune, Que Phong district, Sam Van Phuc met a Mong man named Thai. Knowing that this man had drugs, in July 2024, Phuc contacted him to buy 50 packages of pink drugs.

After purchasing the drugs, Phuc took them to the Pu Kep forest area to hide them and wait for customers to buy them. However, after waiting for a while but still unable to sell them, on the evening of July 27, Phuc took the drugs to the top of the slope in the acacia forest along Highway 48D (in Quang Phong commune, Que Phong district).

However, before this subject could sell, the police arrested him with more than 1 kg of drugs.

At court, the defendant admitted to the crime as charged in the indictment. The defendant stated that he traded drugs to resell for profit. When questioned by the court about the 50 million VND he used to buy drugs, the defendant stated that he got the money from selling his house. After selling his house, the defendant went to the forest to live in a shack to trade drugs.

This is not the first time this defendant has appeared in court. Previously, in 2003, Phuc was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "Storing, transporting, and circulating counterfeit money".

Then, in 2014 and 2018, Phuc was sentenced to 30 months and 7 years in prison, respectively, for "Illegal possession and trafficking of drugs". After being released from prison for 1 year, this man was arrested again for drugs.

In this crime, the defendant presented his difficult circumstances, divorced wife, and old age to ask the court to consider reducing his sentence.

After a comprehensive review of the case, the People's Court sentenced Sam Van Phuc to life in prison for "Illegal drug trafficking".