Young man digs hole in garden to hide drugs to sell for profit
(Baonghean.vn) - In order to avoid detection by relatives and authorities, after buying drugs, Vi Xuan Thanh dug a hole in his family's garden to hide them and then sell them for profit. However, Thanh's actions were exposed.
On December 18, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Vi Xuan Thanh (born in 1996, residing in Nghia Hoi commune, Nghia Dan district) for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
The indictment shows that in early 2020, Vi Xuan Thanh went to work in Que Phong district and met a Mong man (name and address unknown) to buy drugs for use. During the process of getting to know him, Thanh gave his phone number to this person so that when there was a customer to buy opium, this person would introduce him to Thanh to sell for profit.
In May 2023, a man called Thanh's number to ask to buy 2 packages of drugs. Thanh agreed and agreed on a price of 3 million VND/package. After that, Thanh contacted the Mong man to order 2 packages of pink phien for 1 million VND/package to be delivered to Quynh Luu district and received 6 million VND.
Seeing that the case had gone smoothly, on May 25, Vi Xuan Thanh continued to Que Phong to meet a Mong man and asked to buy 10 packages of heroin. Thanh gave this man 10 million VND and took a black plastic bag containing 10 packages of heroin and took it home to hide. To avoid detection by relatives and authorities, Thanh dug a hole in the family's livestock shed to hide the drugs with the intention of selling them for profit.
At around 8:00 p.m. on June 1, a man called and introduced himself as an acquaintance of the Mong man who ordered 10 packages of pink pills. Thanh agreed on a price of 3 million VND/package and the two parties agreed to make the transaction at Quang Thanh General Hospital, Quynh Hong Commune, Quynh Luu District. After that, Thanh went to the family's livestock shed, dug up the hidden drugs, put them in a plastic bag, and drove a motorbike to the meeting point. Following the customer's instructions, Thanh would wait on the Hong Tien inter-village road, Quynh Hong Commune, Quynh Luu District. When he arrived, Thanh took the drugs and put them on a traffic cone on the side of the road, waiting for the buyer to come and receive the drugs to pay. However, while waiting for the customer, Thanh was caught red-handed by the Quynh Luu District Police working group with the evidence.
At the trial, Vi Xuan Thanh admitted all his crimes. According to the defendant's confession, his crime was due to his difficult family circumstances and his drug addiction. He also hoped that the panel of judges would consider reducing his sentence so that he could return home soon to take care of his elderly mother.
Considering the case as a whole, the panel sentenced defendant Vi Xuan Thanh to 20 years in prison for “Illegal drug trafficking”, exempting him from additional punishment due to his family’s difficult circumstances.
