The Unclaimed Ship and the Beautiful Lady's Long Homecoming
(Baonghean.vn) - Although she was imprisoned for drug use, Vo Hang Nga did not reform. The beautiful woman had to pay the price for her unclaimed shipment.
Double drug case
At the end of February, cold rain and wind blew into the corridor of the Provincial People’s Court. Vo Hang Nga (32 years old, living in Vinh city) handed her 7-month-old baby to her family and entered the courtroom. Nga was the defendant in a “double” drug case that was broken up by Vinh city police.
On the afternoon of September 27, 2022, when Nga got out of the car driven by Dang Danh Tuan (born in 1988, residing in Vinh City) holding a plastic bag, she was checked by the police. In the plastic bag Nga was holding, there was nearly 1kg of drugs. However, these were Tuan's drugs, who asked Nga to take them down while he went to find a parking lot. Checking the car Tuan was driving, the police seized a plastic bag placed at the front foot of the passenger seat containing nearly 1.3kg of drugs. The authorities clarified that these drugs belonged to Nga. Checking Nga's residence, the police seized an additional 40 grams of drugs.
During the investigation, because Nga was raising a child under 36 years old, she was released on bail. During her time on bail, Vo Hang Nga gave birth to her fourth child.
According to the investigation documents, while visiting a fellow inmate at Dong Son prison (Quang Binh), Nga met a man named Thanh. Through conversation, Thanh said he was living in Germany. When he went to Germany, Thanh still maintained contact with Nga. Knowing that Thanh had drugs, Nga proposed to buy them to sell for profit.
Around the end of August 2022, the two sides agreed to buy and sell 1,000 ecstasy pills and 1kg of ketamine for 320 million VND. Thanh agreed to let Nga owe him money and pay him back after selling the drugs. Nga then brought the drugs back to her apartment to hide.
At the trial, Nga admitted that the drugs were delivered to Tuan because the two parties had previously agreed on the transaction. However, defendant Dang Danh Tuan denied this information.
Defendant Tuan said that on the afternoon of September 27, 2022, he agreed to sell 1kg of drugs to a customer for 150 million VND (before that, Tuan had bought 3kg of drugs for 300 million VND to sell for profit). When he was about to deliver the goods to the customer, he received a phone call from Nga asking him to come to her house to pick her up for something. The two were friends, so Tuan came to pick up Nga.
The young man said he saw Nga pick up a plastic bag from the car, but he did not know what was inside. When he arrived at the location where he was going to meet the customer, Tuan asked Nga to take the bag of drugs down so he could find a parking space, not realizing that Nga's bag was still in the car.
Late regret of a mother of four
At the trial, defendant Vo Hang Nga once again affirmed that the 1.3 kg of drugs mentioned above were sold to Tuan but could not provide evidence showing that the two parties had exchanged and agreed on the purchase and sale. Because there was only Nga's testimony and no other supporting evidence, the investigation agency had no basis to determine that Dang Danh Tuan was related to the drugs. However, Nga's actions were enough to constitute a crime.Illegal drug trafficking.
Defendant Nga admitted to the charges against her according to the indictment and said that she committed the crime out of greed. She expressed remorse and hoped to receive leniency from the law.
“During the past time, I have thought a lot and regret my actions. I hope the jury will consider reducing my sentence so that I can have the opportunity to return home soon to take care of my children...”, the beautiful female defendant choked up when saying her final words.
During the trial, Nga occasionally looked back when she heard her baby crying from the hallway. She dropped out of school after 11th grade. Because she was beautiful, Nga got married early and gave birth to her first child at the age of 17. At over 30, Nga was already the mother of four children.
In 2015, Nga was arrested and sentenced to 21 months in prison for illegal drug trafficking. In September 2016, after serving her prison sentence, Nga returned to her hometown and opened a beer bar to make a living, but it seemed she was not satisfied with her new life...
The first instance trial panel determined that the crimes committed by Dang Danh Tuan and Vo Hang Nga were particularly serious. Defendant Dang Danh Tuan was criminally responsible for 3.6 kg of drugs, so the court sentenced him to death. As for defendant Vo Hang Nga, in this case, the defendant had no aggravating circumstances, but many mitigating circumstances such as honestly confessing, repenting, donating to help the people of Quy Chau who suffered losses due to floods, and raising a child under 36 months old... Considering the case as a whole, the trial panel sentenced Vo Hang Nga to 20 years in prison, the prison term being calculated from the time the defendant served the sentence.
The trial ended, Nga sadly walked out of the courtroom, taking her baby from her relatives. Being held by her mother, the baby smiled, Nga also smiled at her child, though the smile was fading. In the not too distant future, Nga will have to say goodbye to her children, to pay for her mistakes...
