Death penalty for man transporting more than 191 kg of drugs from Nghe An to Lao Cai
(Baonghean.vn) - Blinded by the reward of nearly 1 billion VND, Trang Xuan Nang agreed to transport a large amount of drugs from Nghe An to Lao Cai. In the end, Nang had to pay the price with the highest sentence of the law.
On June 10, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Trang Xuan Nang (born 1992), residing in Ta Van Chu commune, Bac Ha district (Lao Cai) for the crime of Illegally transporting narcotics.
According to the indictment, at the end of March 2021, someone asked to hire Trang Xuan Nang to transport drugs from Thanh Thuy border gate, Thanh Chuong district to Pha Long commune, Bac Ha district (Lao Cai) for a fee of 500 million VND, but Nang did not agree.
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Defendant Trang Xuan Nang. Photo: Tran Vu |
A few days later, this person continued to ask Nang to transport 120 heroin cakes for a fee of 960 million VND. Faced with the large sum of money, Nang agreed.
On the morning of April 2, 2021, at a cafe in Lao Cai City, this person gave Nang 15 million VND to rent a car and pay for drug transportation.
After that, Trang rented a Ford Everest and drove alone to Nghe An. At 9 p.m. the same day, when he was about 3 kilometers from Thanh Thuy border gate, Nang saw a man standing on the side of the road signaling. Knowing that he was a drug dealer, Nang stopped the car. At this time, there was a group of about 10 people carrying 10 backpacks to get into Nang's car.
Then, Nang turned the car around to go back to Lao Cai. When the car reached the Hoang Mai toll station (Nghe An), the authorities arrested it with more than 191 kg of drugs.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to all the crimes as charged in the indictment. Nang said that because he was greedy for a large sum of money, he agreed to transport drugs.
The jury sentenced defendant Trang Xuan Nang to death for the crime of illegal transportation of drugs.