The price for a woman who buys fireworks to light for fun

On the morning of March 28, the People's Court of Thai Hoa town tried the criminal case against defendant Ngo Thi Ha (born 1974), residing in Dong Tam 2 block, Hoa Hieu ward, Thai Hoa town, for illegally storing 17.6 kg of firecrackers.

According to the indictment, at about 6:30 p.m. on January 22, 2018, Ngo Thi Ha called Luong Van Tuong (born in 1974), residing in Quyet Thang block, Hoa Hieu ward, Thai Hoa town, to rent a car to go to Yen Ly intersection, Dien Chau district, with the intention of buying fireworks for use during the 2018 Lunar New Year, but did not let Mr. Tuong know.

Defendant Ngo Thi Ha at trial. Photo: Minh Chau

After Mr. Tuong drove Ha to Yen Ly, Ha got off the car for a while, found and bought from a man (name, age, address unknown) 15 boxes of firecrackers for 150,000 VND each, the total amount was 2,250,000 VND.

After buying the firecrackers, Ngo Thi Ha put all the firecrackers in two bags of snake carcasses and put them on the back seat of the car and told Luong Van Tuong to drive them back to Thai Hoa town.

At about 7:45 p.m., when the car arrived at the hospital hamlet, Nghia My commune, Thai Hoa town, the working group requested an inspection.

During the inspection, it was discovered that the first envelope contained 05 rectangular boxes containing 09 cylindrical fireworks linked together; the second envelope contained 10 firecracker boxes containing 36 cylindrical fireworks linked together.

The working group has drawn up a record of the arrest of the criminal, seized evidence and escorted the subject to the police headquarters for investigation.

On January 23, 2018, the Investigation Police Department of Thai Hoa Town issued Decision No. 13 for appraisal and on January 26, 2018, PC 54 Department of Nghe An Provincial Police concluded that the boxes seized from Ngo Thi Ha were all firecrackers.

Therefore, Ngo Thi Ha's behavior violated the crime of "Possessing prohibited goods", and was prosecuted by the People's Procuracy of Thai Hoa town under Clause 1, Article 155 of the Penal Code.

In court, defendant Ngo Thi Ha confessed that she intended to buy firecrackers to light up on New Year’s Eve for fun. In addition, if anyone needed them, she would sell them to recoup her investment. The defendant was very remorseful and hoped for a lighter sentence so she could reunite with her family soon.

At the end of the trial, the People's Court of Thai Hoa town sentenced defendant Ngo Thi Ha to 15 months in prison, suspended, and a 30-month probation period for the crime of "Possessing prohibited goods"./.