'Buy' 5 years in prison for 80 thousand dong

(Baonghean.vn)- Buying 6 packages of heroin for 80 thousand VND, Tan was arrested by the police and sentenced to prison.

On October 26, the People's Court of Ky Son district opened the first instance trial of the case of Lo Van Tan (born in 1982), residing in Khe Tang village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district, prosecuted for the crime of "Illegal possession of narcotics".

Defendant Lo Van Tan in court. Photo: Anh Tuan

According to the indictment, at around 8:00 p.m. on July 21, 2017, Lo Van Tan walked into the C5 plantation area in Khe Tang village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district to buy drugs. When he arrived, Tan met and bought from a man named Hai 06 packages of heroin for 80,000 VND (eighty thousand dong).

After buying heroin, Tan went home and used two packages, and hid the rest on his person. At around 2:10 p.m. on July 22, Tan was at home when the Ky Son District police team discovered and caught him red-handed, confiscating all the heroin.

The forensic conclusion of the Nghe An Provincial Police Department concluded: The white substance sample collected from Lo Van Tan was heroin.

At the trial, defendant Lo Van Tan confessed and admitted all his crimes.

Based on the documents in the case file, the proceedings at the trial and the prosecutor's opinion, the Trial Panel sentenced Lo Van Tan to 5 years in prison for the above crime.

Defendant Lo Van Tan had 2 previous convictions for drug crimes, however, after being released from prison, he refused to "reform" and continued to commit new crimes, so this is considered a severe sentence for the defendant.

Hoang Anh Tuan