Two 9X brothers, one sentenced to death, the other to life in prison for drug trafficking
(Baonghean.vn) - Va Ba Long and his younger brother Va Ba Xau bought and sold 2.4 kg of methamphetamine. In the end, the younger brother was sentenced to death and the older brother to life in prison.
On April 28, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened a first-instance criminal trial of two defendants, two brothers Va Ba Long (born 1992) and Va Ba Xau (born 1996), both residing in Nhon Mai commune, Tuong Duong district (Nghe An province) for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
According to the indictment, on the evening of October 11, 2020, Long and Xau went to Vinh City to meet a man named Tung to discuss the purchase and sale of heroin. Tung ordered 10 pieces of heroin (each piece contained 30 packages) for 700 million VND.
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| Defendant Lau Ba Xau (in black) and his brother Lau Ba Long were sentenced to death. Photo: Tran Vu |
The next day, Long went to the Vietnam-Laos border area to buy drugs but was unsuccessful because the seller did not allow him to pay on credit. His brother could not buy the “goods”, so Xau found another source and ordered 4 pieces of pink phien for 92 million VND.
According to the appointment, at 4:00 a.m. on October 17, Xau went to the Vietnam - Laos border area in Tuong Duong district to buy 2.4 kg of opium from a man of unknown origin and address.
After buying the drugs, Xau took a bus to Vinh City and told his brother to come down. When they met, they rented a motel and discussed buying and selling drugs. To avoid being located by the police, they turned off their phones.
On the morning of October 18, the two brothers brought a backpack containing drugs to their friend's rented room in Hung Loc commune, Vinh city, waiting for the customer to receive the goods. At 3:00 p.m. the same day, when Xau brought the backpack containing drugs to the old Ba Lan Hospital area to deliver it to Tung, he was arrested by the police. That same evening, Va Ba Long went to the police station.surrenderconfessed to trafficking opium with his younger brother.
At the trial, defendant Xau admitted to drug trafficking. Defendant Long initially admitted to transporting drugs for a fee of 5 million VND. However, defendant Long later admitted to buying and selling opium.
After considering the role of each defendant in the case, the panel sentenced Lau Ba Xau to death and defendant Lau Ba Long to life in prison for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
