The end of the man who went to prison 6 times for drugs

Slipping into error

It is not wrong to say that Phan Trung Hung (born in 1979), residing in Quang Trung Ward, Vinh City, is a prison because for many years, this man has been in and out of prison like eating meals. As the eldest child in a family of 3 siblings, his parents sent him to school until high school, but Hung did not set an example for his younger siblings. On the contrary, this young man has repeatedly upset his parents and relatives.

When he was only 19 years old, Phan Trung Hung was sentenced to 6 months in prison, suspended, for extortion. After that stumble, Hung got involved with drugs again. That was the reason why this young man received a 26-month prison sentence for illegal possession of drugs in 2002.

Hung was addicted to drugs early and had to go to jail for that banned substance, but he still could not quit. Therefore, in 2008, Hung was sentenced by the People's Court of Vinh City to 27 months in prison for the crime.Illegal drug traffickingLess than 2 years later, this guy was sentenced to 30 months in prison for drugs.

After being released from prison for exactly 8 months, Phan Trung Hung was arrested again for another drug case and was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison. Not long after his release, this young man "filled" a new sentence into his life but with the same crime. This time, Hung was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

At the end of November 2023, Hung once again finished serving his prison sentence. It was thought that after the consecutive failures in life, especially when he was old, Hung would turn around and start a new life, get married and have children like everyone else. However, this man still "returned to his old ways". This time, Hung spent a large amount of money to buy drugs to sell for profit.

In this case, in addition to Hung, there were two accomplices: Mai Van Thanh (born in 1992), residing in Vinh City, and Gia Xia Cho (born in 1969), residing in Tri Le Commune, Que Phong District. The three knew each other when they were serving prison sentences at a prison in Nghe An. After being released from prison, the trio contacted each other to buy and sell drugs.

The indictment shows that on April 13, 2024, Phan Trung Hung and Mai Van Thanh drove to Cho's house to discuss buying drugs to sell. Cho agreed and promised to report back when he had the drugs.

The next day, when Cho called to inform him that he had the “goods”, Hung ordered 30 packages of pink phien, priced at 60 million VND. Hung did not go to buy them himself but met Thanh at a coffee shop in Vinh City and hired this young man to buy the drugs, promising to pay him 10 million VND.

Hung paid for the travel expenses, so Thanh rented a car to go to Tri Le commune. After receiving 60 million VND from Thanh, Cho sent someone to deliver 30 packages of drugs (weighing 630 grams) to the buyer. After that, Thanh transported the drugs to Vinh and was arrested by the police with the evidence.

Based on Thanh's testimony, the police arrested Phan Trung Hung and searched his house, where they seized 0.09 grams of drugs. Searching Cho's house, the police discovered nearly 1 gram of drugs that the subject had kept for later use.

Appropriate sentence for the one who sowed "white death"

With the above acts, the three defendants Phan Trung Hung, Mai Van Thanh and Gia Xia Cho were prosecuted and brought to trial for the crime of Illegal drug trafficking. In addition, Hung and Cho were also prosecuted for the crime of Illegal drug possession.

In front of the witness stand, the defendants admitted to their crimes. The three defendants admitted that they were fellow prisoners. After serving their prison sentences, out of greed, the three defendants committed the crime.

As the defendant who initiated the case, when questioned by the court about the source of the money from drug trafficking, defendant Hung said it was from savings. “I just got out of prison, so where did I get such a large amount of money to buy drugs?”, the defendant remained silent when asked by the court. Hung stated that after getting out of prison, he did some extra work to support himself but did not say anything specific.

The seventh time he appeared in court, the defendant appeared quite calm. However, when the jury asked him why he had reoffended at such an old age and when he would reform, Hung remained silent. Afterwards, the defendant explained that he had intended to work hard, get married and have a stable life like his peers. However, because of his inferiority complex about having a criminal record and wanting to make quick money, the defendant made the same mistake.

At court, the judge reminded the defendant: Know how to stop before it's too late. The defendant should stop in time to repay his loved ones and start a new life. Because everyone only lives once, don't bury yourself in the four walls of prison... Hearing those words of advice, the defendant was silent. Defendant Hung expressed remorse and asked the court to consider reducing his sentence. This defendant promised from now on not to re-offend, to try to correct his mistakes and start a new life.

It is not known whether the promise of the person who once ate more prison food than home-cooked food was sincere or not, but with the aggravating circumstance of recidivism, the person who initiated the case, the People's Court sentenced Phan Trung Hung to life in prison for two crimes of Buying and Selling and Illegal Possession of Drugs. The two defendants in the case, Mai Van Thanh and Gia Xia Cho, were also sentenced to life in prison.

45 years old with 7 prison sentences is an impressive number that Hung has “collected” for himself. That shows a loose lifestyle and disregard for the law. A life sentence is a suitable sentence for someone who chooses to sow “white death” for others to make a living./.