Man sentenced to life in prison for hiding drugs on clothesline

Nghe An Provincial People's Court has just opened a trial of defendant Ngan Van Pit (born 1992), residing in Nhon Mai commune, Tuong Duong district, for the crime ofIllegal drug trafficking.

Ngan Van Pit is a defendant with a bad personal history, having been in prison once for drug use. In 2013, Pit was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking.

Pit was imprisoned at the age of 21 and released early at the age of 28. It was thought that after that failure, this young man would turn around and start a new life. However, Pit continued to make the same mistakes.

The indictment stated that on the afternoon of April 29, 2024, while Pit was hanging out at Xoi Voi waterfall in the commune, he met a man with a Thanh Hoa accent (unknown background and address).

During the conversation, this person asked Pit if he had any meth to sell and that he needed to buy 10 packets of meth. Pit offered a price of 30 million VND and then set a time and place for the two parties to make the transaction.

The next morning, Pit went to Pa Khom village, Tri Le commune, Que Phong district to buy 40 packages of opium from a Mong man for 80 million VND. Pit paid 52 million VND in advance, and asked for a delay in paying the rest. Pit brought the drugs he bought home and hid them on a clothesline, then covered them with a towel.

At 11:45 p.m. on May 2, when Pit was carrying drugs to deliver to a customer, he was arrested by the police along with 10 packages of pink heroin. Searching his residence, the police seized another 30 plastic packages containing pink heroin.

The investigation agency determined that in this case, Pit must bear criminal responsibility for buying and selling more than 838 grams of drugs.

The second time he appeared in court, the defendant appeared quite calm. He confessed that he had been trafficking drugs because he was greedy for the large sum of money. Pit said that after his release from prison, he had worked as a freelancer and farmer to make a living. But later, because he was greedy for the large sum of money, he re-offended and traded drugs even though he knew it was against the law.

Considering the defendant's behavior as dangerous to society, the defendant trafficked a large quantity of drugs, so the People's Court sentenced Ngan Van Pit to life in prison for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".