Son sells fireworks, mother gets jail sentence
(Baonghean.vn) - Knowing that his mother had a lot of firecrackers hidden in the house, Hoang Vu Quang Huy asked his mother for some firecrackers to sell to get money to buy a phone. Before he could carry out his act, Huy was arrested by Quy Hop police.
On the morning of March 22, the People's Court of Quy Hop district held a first-instance criminal trial against defendant Vu Thi Thanh (born in 1979), residing in Dinh hamlet, Tam Hop commune, for the crime of "trading in prohibited goods".
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| Checking weight in the presence of authorities. Photo: Phan Le |
According to the indictment, at 5:40 p.m. on January 3, 2018, from information provided by the people: in Doan Ket hamlet, Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district, there was a suspicious subject trading in firecrackers.
Quy Hop District Police conducted an administrative inspection and discovered and caught Hoang Vu Quang Huy (born 2001) in the act of illegally storing 2 bags of firecrackers and 1 box of 36 firecrackers weighing 1.8 kg.
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| Defendant Vu Thi Thanh. Photo: Phan Le |
Expanding the investigation, at 9:00 p.m. the same day, Quy Hop police conducted an emergency search of Hoang Vu Quang Huy's house in Dinh hamlet, Tam Hop commune, discovering and seizing 62 bags of firecrackers, 37 boxes of firecracker strings, and 3 boxes of 36-round firecrackers with a total weight of 27.45 kg.
After a quick investigation, Huy confessed that he took the fireworks from his mother, Vu Thi Thanh (born in 1979), to sell for profit. Immediately after that, the Quy Hop police investigation agency urgently arrested Vu Thi Thanh to assist in the investigation.
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| Evidence of the case. Photo: Phan Le |
During the investigation, Thanh confessed that due to greed, he bought the above fireworks for more than 4.5 million VND from an unknown person on December 18, 2017 in the Vietnam-China border area. He brought them home and divided them into small pieces and hid them in every corner of the house such as under the bed, under the stairs, in the bathroom, in the attic, and in an abandoned warehouse to sell them for profit.
Considering the case as a whole, the People's Court sentenced defendant Vu Thi Thanh to 16 months in prison for "trading in prohibited goods".
As for the person who sold the fireworks to Thanh, because they did not know his name or specific address, there was no basis for investigation and verification. As for Hoang Vu Quang Huy, he had committed the act of selling fireworks but there were not enough elements to constitute a crime, so Quy Hop police issued a decision to impose an administrative fine and hand him over to the local authorities for management and education.
