The heartbreaking story of a young wife who, while recovering from childbirth, discovered her husband was dealing in heroin.
(Baonghean.vn) - I was holding my baby when I saw the police come to search the house. At first, I only thought it was related to the homemade gun my husband made. But when I brought his clothes to the police station, I realized that wasn't the truth.
He deceived his wife and sold his car to traffic drugs.
In mid-March, the weather unexpectedly turned cold, but 27-year-old Luong Thi Kieu V. (residing in Kim Son town, Que Phong district) still decided to bring her 9-month-old child to the provincial court.
Her husband, Vi Văn Ngọc (28 years old), is currently on trial for the crime.Illegal trafficking of narcoticsAccording to the young woman's account, she met Ngoc during her school days when she cycled down to Kim Son town to study. The couple, both around the same age, had their relationship approved by both families, so they soon moved in together. Thanks to the help of both sets of grandparents, the young couple were able to build a small house to settle down in.
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| She brought her young child to her husband's trial. Photo: Tran Vu |
“Every day I do housework, raise the children, and do chores around the house, while he does all sorts of jobs. Sometimes he works as a scaffolder for construction sites, other times he does construction. We lived together for over five years, and I never saw any unusual behavior from him. Until I gave birth to our second child, and while I was still recovering, the police came to our house to search. At that time, perhaps because they saw that I had just given birth, they didn't want to cause me any emotional distress, so they only mentioned searching for homemade guns and ammunition. Before leaving, they told me to bring some clothes for my husband. Hearing them say that, I took my baby to a neighbor's house to go see my husband. Only then did I find out that my husband had been arrested for drug-related offenses. At that moment, my world collapsed,” Ms. V. said, her voice choked with emotion.
Some died in detention, others went to prison.
Inside the courtroom, Vi Van Ngoc admitted to the crime of drug trafficking to the judges. According to Ngoc's testimony, because of a prior acquaintance, he sold drugs to a man named Vu Van Thanh (born in 1962, residing in Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province).
Specifically, on August 22, 2020, Thanh called Ngoc to order 50 million VND worth of drugs for personal use. To obtain drugs to sell to customers, Ngoc contacted and purchased them from a Hmong man. Ngoc bought two packages of drugs (104.51 grams) for 25 million VND, then resold them to Thanh for almost double the price, 47 million VND.
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| Defendant Ngoc at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu |
After purchasing drugs from Ngoc, Thanh took a bus to Ninh Binh early in the morning of August 27th. When the bus reached the Truong Banh intersection (in Tien Phong commune, Que Phong district), the police stopped and searched it, discovering two packages of drugs in Thanh's bag. Based on Vu Van Thanh's confession, the investigating agency issued an emergency detention order for Vi Van Ngoc on the same day. An emergency search of Ngoc's residence yielded a homemade gun and 10 homemade bullets.
At the trial, the husband's confessions about hiding his actions from his wife and selling the motorbike to buy drugs saddened Ms. V. “I’m so sad and devastated. Since he was arrested, I’ve been depressed and hopeless, unable to understand why my husband would go astray like this. I’m angry at him, but I also feel sorry for my two young children. Especially when my 5-year-old keeps asking, ‘Where did Dad go?’ Every time that happens, I can only lie to my child. Today, I only brought my youngest child down so he could see her face. I hope he will mend his ways; my children and I will always wait for him to return,” Ms. V. said, tears streaming down her face.
In his final statement, defendant Ngoc choked up when mentioning his wife and two young children. He pleaded with the court to consider leniency so that he could return home sooner to make amends to his wife and children. For the crime of illegally trafficking narcotics, the court sentenced Vi Van Ngoc to 16 years in prison. Regarding Ngoc's possession of a hunting rifle and 10 homemade shotgun shells, the authorities imposed an administrative penalty.
With her husband in prison, the young wife could only watch helplessly as her small child left. Thus, for many years to come, she would have to be both father and mother, shouldering the household responsibilities and raising her two young children.
