A couple from Thai Nguyen came to Nghe An to transport heroin.
(Baonghean.vn) - After accepting an offer to transport drugs for 60 million VND, Tuan invited his girlfriend to go to Nghe An with him. When Tuan was holding 3 heroin cakes and Ha was holding 2 heroin cakes, they were arrested by the police.
After 2 days of deliberation, on the morning of July 2, the People's Court of Nghe An province sentenced Vu Van Tuan (born 1974), residing in Son Cam commune, Thai Nguyen city (Thai Nguyen province) to life in prison for the crime of Illegally transporting drugs; sentenced Luong Thi Ha (born 1991), residing in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district to 20 years in prison for the same crime.
Previously, on June 30, the Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of Vu Van Tuan and Luong Thi Ha for the crime of "Illegal transportation of drugs".
Tuan and Ha lived together as husband and wife but had not registered their marriage. On December 14, 2019, Tuan was at home when a man named Cuong called to ask if he could go to Nghe An to get drugs and would be paid 60 million VND. Tuan agreed and asked Luong Thi Ha to go with him.
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| Two defendants in court. Photo: Tran Vu |
That same evening, Tuan hired a taxi to take him and his girlfriend to Ve village, Tuong Duong district to receive drugs.
At around 3am on December 15, when they arrived at the Ve village area, Tuan and Ha saw a man sitting on a motorbike waving to show them the way. At the intersection, this man stopped, Tuan and Ha got off the motorbike and took them up the hill.
After that, Tuan walked up the hill alone while Ha waited. After walking a short distance, Tuan met a man and said: "I'm going to get some goods for Mr. Cuong". This man gave Tuan a black plastic bag containing 5 heroin cakes and 30 million VND. Tuan then went down and gave his girlfriend 2 heroin cakes, while he kept 3 heroin cakes.
When the taxi reached Xieng Lip village, Yen Hoa commune, Tuong Duong district, the Tuong Duong district police task force asked to stop the car for inspection, discovered and confiscated the drugs on Tuan and Ha.
At court, the two defendants admitted their crimes and asked for a lighter sentence. Considering the case as a whole, the court sentenced the two defendants to the above sentence.
