Husband uses wife and children as 'front' to sell drugs

On November 2, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Luong Van Tung (born 1993), residing in Dien Lam commune, Quy Chau district, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".

Tung is a persondrug addictshould often go to the acacia hill area in Lim village, Chau Phong commune, Quy Chau district to buy drugs for use.

On the morning of June 26, 2021, a man whom Tung had met before came to his house and ordered 3 packages of pink phien and 9 taels of heroin for 12 million VND, paying 8 million in advance. In addition, this man also promised to give Tung 4 million VND after buying the drugs.

Defendant at trial. Photo: Tran Vu

To have drugs to sell to customers, at noon that same day, Tung went up to the acacia hill to buy "goods" from a man of unknown address. After negotiating, the man agreed to sell 3 packages of pink phien (more than 60 grams) and 9 taels of heroin (more than 33 grams) for 8 million VND.

That same afternoon, Tung drove his wife and children to deliver drugs to customers. When they reached Tien Thanh bridge, Chau Thanh commune (Quy Hop district), Tung let his wife and children get off the car and drove alone for about 15m more before stopping the car. After that, Tung put the drugs in his motorbike helmet and hid them in the bushes by the roadside waiting for someone to pick them up.buy drugs.

A few minutes later, while Tung was holding a helmet containing drugs waiting for customers, he was caught red-handed by the police.

At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime as charged in the indictment. The defendant admitted that he was addicted and sold drugs to get money to spend. The defendant asked for a lighter sentence so he could return to his two young children.

After considering aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the People's Court sentenced Luong Van Tung to 17 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking./.