Carpenter owes friend drugs, gets 13 years in prison
(Baonghean.vn) - After failing to pay his friend for 50 million VND, Ho Van Hoang went to his friend's house, took drugs and brought them home with the intention of paying off the debt.
On May 5, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of Ho Van Hoang (born 1976), residing in Quynh Hau commune, Quynh Luu district, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
Ho Van Hoang and Dang Ngoc Hung (born in 1974, living in the same locality) are friends who work as carpenters. Around June 2019, Hung borrowed 50 million VND from Hoang to do business. Some time later, Hoang asked to repay the borrowed money but Hung said he did not have it yet.
On the evening of October 19, 2019, Hoang went to Hung's house but saw no one at home. Hoang looked around and saw a package of drugs under the coffee table, so he took it home with the intention of deducting the debt of 50 million VND to use and resell.
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| Defendant Ho Van Hoang. |
Hoang divided the drugs into many packages and hid them in many places in his house. Every day, Hoang took out the drugs to use and resell when there were buyers.
On the morning of December 14, 2019, Hoang sold Hoang Van Tinh (born in 1991, residing in Quynh Luong commune, Quynh Luu district) 1 package of drugs (2.620 grams) for 3 million VND. After buying the drugs, Tinh brought them home to hide for use, but was discovered and arrested by Quynh Luu district police.
At around 9:00 a.m. on December 20, 2019, Hoang took out drugs to use and was discovered and caught red-handed by Quynh Luu District Police. Searching Hoang's house, the authorities discovered many bags of drugs weighing 62.305 grams.
Based on Hoang's testimony, on December 31, 2019, the Investigation Police Agency, Quynh Luu District Police extracted the accused Dang Ngoc Hung (currently detained at Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center for the crime of Gambling) to search Hung's residence and seized a number of tools related to drug use.
At court, the defendant admitted his crime. Hoang said he had been addicted to drugs for several years. The defendant asked for a lighter sentence so he could start his life over.
For the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking", Ho Van Hoang was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
