9X young man sentenced to death for trafficking a hundred kilos of drugs
(Baonghean.vn) - Hired by a man to transport drugs, Thang agreed to receive 40 million VND as a reward. For transporting nearly 10 kg of drugs, Thang was sentenced to death.
On January 26, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Nguyen Sy Thang (30 years old), residing in Nghia Thanh commune, Nghia Dan district, for two crimes of "Illegal drug trafficking”and “Illegal possession of drugs”.
According to the case file, around July 2020, Thang received a phone call from a man named Bom asking to buy 1 kg of drugs. Thang contacted Truong Duc Anh (residing in Nghia Thanh commune) and was quoted 180 million VND.
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| Defendant Nguyen Sy Thang was sentenced to death. Photo: Tran Vu |
On the evening of July 13, 2020, Duc Anh, who was in Laos, called Thang and said that tomorrow he would go pick up drugs and send them to a customer in Ho Chi Minh City and would receive 40 million VND as payment. Thang agreed.
The next day, Thang rented a car to go to milestone 16 in Tam Quang commune, Tuong Duong district to get drugs from a man. Thang divided 10 packages of drugs into 2 styrofoam boxes, 1 box containing 9 packages to send to the South, 1 package to send to Bom.
At 5:00 p.m. the same day, Thang brought a styrofoam box containing 9 packages of drugs to a passenger bus to be delivered to Ho Chi Minh City. Thang took the remaining package and delivered it to Bom.
On the way, Thang took more than 11 grams of drugs and put them in his bag for use. When Thang arrived at Nghia Xuan commune, he was discovered by Quy Hop police.
Based on Thang’s testimony, the investigation agency searched the passenger car that Thang had previously sent and discovered 9 packages of drugs. The investigation agency determined that the total amount of drugs for which Thang must bear criminal responsibility was nearly 10 kg of drugs.
In court, the defendant only admitted to possessing drugs. Regarding the drug trafficking, the defendant denied the crime, did not admit it, and said he only worked for Duc Anh.
The panel of judges determined that although the defendant did not admit to drug trafficking, based on the investigation documents, the prosecution of the defendant was the right person, the right crime, and the right law.
The court sentenced Nguyen Sy Thang to 6 years in prison for illegal possession of narcotics and death for illegal drug trafficking. The total sentence the defendant must receive is death.
As for Truong Duc Anh, because this person was not present in the locality, the investigation agency has no basis to handle the case.
