Drug addict hired to carry drugs, sentenced to life in prison

(Baonghean.vn) - Being addicted to drugs, when someone hired him to transport drugs and offered him 20 million VND and heroin to use, Le Van An immediately agreed. However, on his first trip, An was discovered and arrested by the police.

Le Van An at the trial. Photo: Nhu Binh

On September 7, the Provincial People's Court opened the first instance criminal trial of the case of "Illegal transportation of narcotics" against Le Van An (born 1974), from Quynh Luu district, living in Thai Nguyen.

According to the indictment, Le Van An was addicted to drugs and was hired by a person named Hung to go to Tuong Duong district to deliver drugs to Thai Nguyen city for Hung. Hung paid An 20 million VND and also gave him heroin to use, and Le Van An immediately accepted.

On November 24, 2016, Le Van An and Ha Thi Hien (born in 1980, living with An as husband and wife) took a bus from Thai Nguyen to Nghe An and then up to Tuong Duong district. After a night in town, on the evening of November 25, An and Hien took a motorbike taxi to Doc Kem area, to receive drugs from a man that Hung had contacted in advance.

In the early morning of November 26, when the two arrived at Cau Rao area (Xa Luong commune, Tuong Duong), they were ambushed and arrested by the anti-drug crime force of Tuong Duong district police. The authorities seized 2 heroin cakes (weighing more than 700g) and 5,000 synthetic drug pills (weighing nearly 500g) from the two subjects.

During the investigation, Ha Thi Hien developed a mental illness and was sent for compulsory treatment. The investigation agency decided to temporarily suspend the investigation of the suspect and separate the case. Once Hien recovered from her illness, the investigation and handling would be conducted later.

At the trial, Le Van An admitted all the crimes as stated in the indictment. Considering that the defendant's actions were particularly serious and the amount of drugs involved in the transportation was large, the panel sentenced Le Van An to life in prison./.

Nhu Binh