Father exposed because son buys 'white goods'

(Baonghean.vn)- Caught red-handed the child illegally storing drugs, searching the house, discovered the father hiding a package of drugs, containing an electronic scale, industrial explosives, and detonators.

On the morning of October 26, the People's Court of Quy Hop district opened the first instance trial of the criminal case against defendant Chau Van Ngoan (born 1996), residing in Yen Luom, Chau Quang commune, for the crime of "illegal possession of narcotics".

Defendant Chau Van Ngoan was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Photo: Phan Giang.

According to the indictment: At 12:00 on June 26, 2017, Chau Van Ngoan rode his motorbike to the bus station in block 2 of Quy Hop town to buy a package of drugs from an unknown man for 200,000 VND.

Ngoan hid the drugs in the back cover of his cell phone, put them in his pocket, and then drove home. When he arrived at Block 12, he was caught red-handed by the Quy Hop police investigation force.

On the same afternoon, a search of Ngoan's house found a package of drugs weighing 3.495g hidden in a pillow in the bedroom of Mr. Chau Van Cuong (born in 1968), Ngoan's biological father. In the house, they found an electronic scale, 12 bars (2.4 kg) of industrial explosives, and 21 detonators.

During the search, Cuong voluntarily took out of his wallet a package of heroin weighing 0.195g.

Regarding the seized evidence of 0.195 grams of drugs in Cuong's wallet and 3.495 grams seized in the pillow, 12 sticks of industrial explosives, and 21 detonators seized during the search of Chau Van Ngoan's house, the investigation determined that they belonged to Chau Van Cuong and were not related to Ngoan.

Mr. Chau Van Cuong and Chau Van Ngoan at the investigation agency. Photo: Phan Giang.

The statements of Ngoan and Cuong at the Quy Hop police investigation agency are completely consistent with the evidence and documents that the Quy Hop police investigation agency has collected, investigated, and clarified.

Chau Van Cuong, who illegally stored drugs and explosives, was prosecuted by the district police investigation agency for "illegal storage of drugs" on July 1, 2017 and "illegal storage of explosives" on July 12, 2017 for investigation and handling in another case.

At the end of the trial, Chau Van Ngoan was sentenced to 24 months in prison for "illegal possession of narcotics" under Clause 1, Article 194 of the Penal Code.

Phan Giang