Pretending to go to Laos to trade cows to buy opium

(Baonghean.vn)- Bringing money to Laos to trade cows, Lau Ba Lenh had the idea of ​​buying 3 opium cakes to make a profit. While transacting with the buyer, Lenh was discovered and arrested by the police.

On the morning of February 25, the Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial and sentenced Lau Ba Lenh (born in 1986), residing in Huoi Tu commune, Ky Son district, to 15 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking.

Lau Ba Lenh in the dock.

At the trial, Lau Ba Lenh confessed that around July 2015, a man named Khang (or Khuong, address unknown) called Lenh and asked him to buy 3kg of opium. Lenh was afraid of being arrested so he did not accept.

At noon on September 8, 2015, Lenh went to Laos to sell motorbike parts, clothes and buy buffaloes and cows. When he left, Lenh took an additional 33 million VND. After selling 2 million VND worth of goods, Lenh went to the village to buy buffaloes and cows and met a man named Lo. This man invited Lenh to buy opium for 15 million VND/kg, but Lenh paid 38 million VND for 3kg of opium, the Lao agreed. Lenh paid 35 million VND, owing 3 million VND.

On the way to bring opium to Vietnam, Lenh received a phone call from Khang asking if he had bought the opium and to come to his house the next morning to see the goods. On the morning of September 12, 2015, Khang and a friend came to Lenh's house to see the opium and agreed to buy it for 24 million VND/kg and told Lenh to bring it to Muong Xen town (Ky Son) to deliver. When he arrived at Muong Xen town, Lenh was discovered and arrested by Ky Son district police.

At the police station, Lenh admitted all his actions. After considering the details, the People's Court sentenced Lau Ba Lenh to 15 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking.

Khang Hoa