Driven by the desire for double profit, the young man sold his motorbike to traffic drugs.
(Baonghean.vn) - Faced with enormous profits, doubling his earnings from drug trafficking, Vi Van Ngoc sold his motorbike to get money to buy drugs.
On March 22, the Nghe An Provincial People's Court held a first-instance criminal trial to hear the case against defendant Vi Van Ngoc (born in 1993), residing in Kim Son town (Que Phong district), for the crime of "illegally trading narcotics".
According to the indictment, due to their prior acquaintance, on August 22, 2020, Vu Van Thanh (born in 1962), residing in Kim Son district (Ninh Binh province), called Vi Van Ngoc to order 50 million VND worth of drugs for personal use.
Ngoc agreed to go to the Que Phong District Health Center to meet a Hmong man and ask about drugs. They exchanged phone numbers.
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| Defendant Vi Van Ngoc in court. Photo: Tran Vu |
A few days later, upon hearing Ngoc announce that she had the "goods," Thanh took a bus to Nghe An. On August 26th, Ngoc bought two packages of drugs (weighing 104.51 grams) for 25 million VND. Upon returning home, Ngoc resold them to Thanh for 47 million VND. Thanh put the drugs into two socks and hid them in his bag.
Early in the morning of August 27th, Thanh boarded a bus to return to Ninh Binh but was arrested by the police at Truong Banh intersection (in Tien Phong commune, Que Phong district).
On the same day, the investigating agency issued an emergency detention order and arrested Vi Van Ngoc. An emergency search of Ngoc's residence yielded one gun and 10 bullets.Homemade ammunition.
During the investigation, on September 10, 2020, Vu Van Thanh died in the detention center of Que Phong District Police. The cause of death was respiratory failure, circulatory failure, and myocardial infarction. Therefore, the investigating agency issued a decision to suspend the investigation against Vu Van Thanh for the crime of "Illegal possession of narcotics".
At the trial, the defendant sincerely admitted to drug trafficking. Regarding the money used to buy drugs, Ngoc stated that it came from selling her motorbike. The defendant requested a reduced sentence so she could return to her two young children.
After considering all aspects of the case, the panel of judges sentenced Vi Văn Ngọc to 16 years in prison.
Regarding Ngoc's possession of a hunting rifle and 10 homemade shotgun shells, the authorities have imposed an administrative penalty.