'Ride' with shipping fee… 20 years in prison
Hong agreed to transport many packages of drugs because of the shipping fee of 20 million VND. This subject hid the drugs in many places on the motorbike but was still discovered by the police and paid the price with a 20-year prison sentence.
On September 11, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Le Van Hong (born 1979), residing in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district (Nghe An) for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking”.
The indictment stated that around the beginning of April 2024, while Hong was cutting grass on the side of the road, she met a man she did not know. This man hired Hong to transport 1 cake of heroin and 8 packages of pink meth from Tri Le commune to Nghia Khanh commune, Nghia Dan district for 20 million VND. Greedy for profit, Hong agreed.
On the evening of April 9, following the instructions of the tenant, Hong went to the garbage dump near her house to receive the drugs. After checking, Hong left the drugs back in the same place and returned home.
At noon on April 12, Hong carried out the act of transporting drugs. To avoid the authorities, Hong removed the front frame of the motorbike seat to hide a brick of drugs. This subject also removed the motorbike's fairing to hide the remaining packages of drugs.
Then, Hong rode his motorbike to Kim Son town, Que Phong district, then took a car that provided a service to transport people and motorbikes to Nghia Dan district.
When Le Van Hong was preparing to drive his motorbike to the agreed location to deliver drugs, he was arrested by the police with more than 523 grams of drugs.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime. The defendant said he agreed to transport drugs for hire because he was greedy for 20 million VND. However, the defendant has not received that money yet.
The defendant gave the reason that his family was in financial difficulty, he had to raise his elderly mother alone, and his mentally ill younger brother, so he transported drugs even though he knew that his actions violated the law.
Previously, in 2018, Hong was sentenced to 36 months in prison for illegal drug trafficking.
After a comprehensive review of the case, the People's Court sentenced Le Van Hong to 20 years in prison for illegal transportation of drugs.