Bought drugs, divided them into small pieces and hid them in music speakers and window vents.
(Baonghean.vn) - After buying drugs, Ngo Duc Thanh divided them into small pieces and hid them in speakers, the living room window vents... Because he could not find a seller, Thanh took them out to use gradually. When the police conducted an administrative check and tested his urine for drugs, Thanh confessed to his actions.
On December 22, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Ngo Duc Thanh (born in 1979, residing in Vinh City, Nghe An) for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
The indictment shows that in 2021, Ngo Duc Thanh was given the phone number of a Mong man who sold "goods" in Que Phong by his drug-addicted friends. Around May 2021, Thanh contacted this man to buy 30 packages of drugs (pink pills) with the intention of bringing them back to Vinh City to sell for profit.
This person introduced himself as Lu and told Thanh that if he delivered drugs in the mountainous area of Que Phong, the price would be 2 million VND/package, 30 packages would be 60 million VND, Thanh agreed. Lu instructed Thanh to take a bus that same afternoon running from Vinh City to Tri Le (Que Phong), and get off when passing Chau Thon commune (Que Phong).
At around 6 p.m. that same day, Thanh got off the bus. Lu instructed Thanh to follow the roadside ditch to get the drugs and leave the money. Because it was his first time buying and selling, Lu gave Thanh some crystal meth, ketamine, and candy-shaped drugs as a “sample” and also gave Thanh a discount of 2 million VND.
After receiving drugs from a young man hired by Lu, Thanh rented a room in Kim Son town, Que Phong district and took a bus home the next day. To avoid being detected by the authorities, Thanh hid the drugs in the music speaker and the window vent of the living room. Because he had not found anyone to resell the "goods", on June 27, 2023, Thanh opened a package of pink phien and took 3-4 pills to use.
A day later, while walking on Nguyen Van Cu Street (Vinh City), Thanh was administratively checked by the police and tested for drugs through urine. During the process of working with the police, Thanh confessed that he had hidden drugs in his house and was looking for someone to resell them. The police then conducted an emergency search and seized all the drugs including 429.9g of pink phien; 3.27g of ecstasy; 27.17g of crystal meth; 0.85g of Ketamine; 2 electronic scales.
At the trial, defendant Ngo Duc Thanh confessed and admitted to his crime. His testimony was consistent with the documents and evidence in the file. He hoped the panel of judges would consider reducing his sentence so that he could return home soon to take care of his elderly mother and young children.
In this case, there is a person named Lu, but because the defendant's background and address are unknown, the investigation agency has no basis to prosecute.
Considering the case as a whole, the People's Court sentenced defendant Ngo Duc Thanh to 16 years in prison for "Illegal drug trafficking".
