Buy drugs, get a gun as a bonus

(Baonghean.vn) - On November 22, the Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Vi Van Vien (born in 1975), residing in Cang village, Chau Dinh commune, Quy Hop district, for the crimes of "Illegal possession of narcotics" and "Illegal possession of military weapons".

Vi Van Vien at the trial.

According to the indictment, at around 3:00 p.m. on August 2, 2016, due to drug addiction, Vi Van Vien went to Huoi Cut village, Yen Na commune, Tuong Duong district to buy heroin for use.

At a hut on the hill, Vien met a man (identity and specific address unknown) who sold him a heroin stick for 18 million VND. The man also generously gave Vien a homemade gun, 8 sports bullets and some heroin to use on the way.

At 10:30 p.m. on August 3, when Vien was driving a friend to Met Bridge in Met Village, Binh Chuan Commune, Con Cuong District, he was discovered and caught red-handed by the police. The police seized 5 packages of drugs weighing more than 41 grams from Vien.

Considering the case as a whole, the panel sentenced Vi Van Vien to 11 years in prison for illegal possession of drugs and 1 year in prison for illegal possession of military weapons./.

Nhu Binh