Husband follows wife to jail for buying and selling 'white goods'

Tran Vu• DNUM_BFZAEZCACC 15:34

(Baonghean.vn) - Even though his wife was arrested for drugs, Vi Kham La still did not take that as a lesson for himself. La followed his wife into drug trafficking and was arrested by the police.

On April 15, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Vi Kham La (born 1991), residing in Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong district (Nghe An) for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".

Vi Kham La is a drug addict. On the morning of October 9, 2021, La went to Khe Cup, in Dua village, Luong Minh commune to look after cattle for his family, and was invited by a group of people to use drugs.

Defendant Vi Kham La. Photo: Tran Vu

After using drugs in the abandoned camp, one of the group asked La, “Do you want to buy drugs?”. La agreed, so he went home and took 28 million VND to buy 2 packages of opium and 3 “trees” of heroin to use and resell for a profit of 40 million VND.

Because he didn't have enough money, La asked to pay 28 million VND in advance and asked to delay the payment for the rest. During the purchase, La also asked for an additional package of drugs to use.

La divided the drugs he bought into small pieces, put them in plastic bottles, and hid them under a pile of firewood behind the kitchen. Vi Kham La also sold a package of drugs for 200,000 VND to a customer.

On November 9, Vi Kham La's drug trafficking was exposed. La was arrested by the police with evidence of more than 150 grams of various drugs.

At the trial, the defendant admitted to drug trafficking. Vi Kham La said that because he was addicted to drugs, he used his family's money to buy drugs for himself and resell them for profit.

The defendant presented his difficult circumstances, young children, and wife serving a prison sentence (also for drug trafficking) to ask the court to consider reducing his sentence.

The panel of judges determined that the defendant's criminal behavior was dangerous to society, and that drugs were the root of all crimes, so they needed to be dealt with severely. After a comprehensive review of the case, the panel sentenced the defendant Vi Kham La to 20 years in prison for the crime of Illegal drug trafficking.