Young man buys drugs to use and hides them in the bedroom ventilation to sell for profit
(Baonghean.vn) - After getting the "goods", Pham Xuan Sy took some out to try, and hid the rest in the bedroom's ventilation with the intention of selling for profit.
On January 31, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of Pham Xuan Sy (born 1997), residing in Tru Son commune, Do Luong district, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking”.
According to the case, around May 2023, Pham Xuan Sy went out and met a man named Hai (unknown background). Through conversation, Sy learned that Hai had drugs to sell, so he became friends with this person via the social network Telegram.
In early August 2023, Sy called Hai through this software to buy pink phien and asked Hai to give him some to try. Hai agreed. Then, Hai brought the drugs to the electric pole at the intersection of Hamlet 7, Tru Son Commune, Do Luong District (about 500m from Sy's house). Sy went to the meeting point to get a package of pink phien containing 20 pink phien pills and took 4 pills home to try. He hid the rest in the ventilation window of his bedroom with the intention of selling them for profit.
At about 5:00 p.m. on August 11, Sy sold two ecstasy pills for 200,000 VND to his uncle to get money for personal expenses.
At noon on August 12, when Sy was at home, Hai texted him on social media saying he had 2 packages of heroin for sale. After asking for the price, the two sides agreed that Hai would deliver the "goods" to Sy and receive 10 million VND, the difference would be calculated later. That same afternoon, Sy went to get 2 packages of heroin, hid them in his jeans pocket, and on his way home, he was discovered by Do Luong District Police, caught red-handed with the evidence.
Authorities determined that Sy must bear criminal responsibility for two illegal drug trafficking cases totaling 43.917 grams of drugs.
At the trial, defendant Pham Xuan Sy admitted to all of his crimes, however, he claimed that he bought them for his own use and not to sell for profit. However, based on the documents in the file and the testimony at the trial, the panel of judges determined that Sy's testimony was completely baseless.
Comprehensively review the case and decide to sentence defendant Pham Xuan Sy to 15 years in prison for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
