Drug addict with 3 previous convictions for drug trafficking gets 17 years in prison
(Baonghean.vn) - Having been in prison three times, Cong is also an addict. After buying drugs, he was caught red-handed by the police while taking them out to use.
On May 27, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of Nguyen Van Cong (born 1982), residing in Luu Kien commune, Tuong Duong district, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
According to the case file, around early November 2019, Nguyen Van Cong went to Khe Nan village, Chieu Luu commune, and met a Mong man who called himself Cu. Cong asked, “Do you have drugs for sale?”. Cu replied, “We’re out of heroin now, only pink heroin left.” Cong ordered 14 million VND worth of pink heroin. The two exchanged phone numbers and agreed to contact each other when they had drugs.
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| Defendant Nguyen Van Cong in court. Photo: Tran Vu |
On December 11, 2019, Cong went out and met a man named Thai, so he continued to ask to buy drugs. Cong gave Thai 1 million VND in advance to get a sample.
Then, on December 17-18 and December 21, Cong sold drugs to 3 people in the same locality.
At 8:00 a.m. on December 21, at Cu village, Chieu Luu commune (Ky Son district), Thai gave Cong many types of drugs, including heroin and pink phien. After buying the drugs, Cong took them out to use but was discovered by Ky Son district police, caught red-handed and all the drugs were confiscated.
The investigation agency determined that in this case, Nguyen Van Cong must bear criminal responsibility for 41 grams of Methamphetamine and more than 10 grams of heroin.
In court, the defendant admitted his crime. The panel sentenced Nguyen Van Cong to 17 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking.
It is known that Nguyen Van Cong has been imprisoned three times for the crimes of Theft of Property, Illegal Possession of Drugs and Intentional Infliction of Injury.
In this case, there are also two men named Thai and Cu. The investigation agency has verified but no one has the characteristics that Cong confessed, so there is no basis for handling./.
