The bitter confession of a young wife who discovered her husband was selling 'white goods' during confinement
(Baonghean.vn) - I was holding my baby when I saw the police come to search the house. At first, I thought it was related to the homemade gun my husband had made. But when I brought my husband's clothes to the police station, I knew that was not the truth.
Cheating on wife, selling cars and drugs
In mid-March, the weather suddenly turned cold, but 27-year-old woman Luong Thi Kieu V. (residing in Kim Son town, Que Phong district) still decided to take her 9-month-old child to the provincial court.
Her husband, defendant Vi Van Ngoc (28 years old), is being tried for the crime.Illegal drug traffickingAccording to the young woman, she knew Ngoc from the days when she cycled down to Kim Son town to study. The love affair between the couple of the same age was approved by both sides, so they soon got married. Thanks to the help of both sides of the family, the young couple was able to build a small house to stabilize their lives.
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| She carried her baby to the court hearing of her husband. Photo: Tran Vu |
“Every day I do housework, raise children, and do odd jobs around the house while he does all kinds of jobs. Sometimes he works as a scaffolder for construction sites, sometimes he goes to work. We have lived together for more than 5 years, and I have never seen anything unusual from him. Until I gave birth to my second child, and while I was in confinement, the police came to my house to search. At that time, they probably saw that I had just given birth and did not want to hurt my feelings, so they only talked about searching for homemade guns and bullets. Before leaving, they told me to bring some clothes for my husband. Hearing what they said, I took my child and left it with the neighbors so I could go see my husband. Only then did I learn that my husband had been arrested for drug-related crimes. At that time, the world seemed to collapse for me,” Ms. V. choked up.
One died in detention, the other in prison
Inside the courtroom, Vi Van Ngoc admitted to the jury his crime related to drug trafficking. According to Ngoc's testimony, because they knew each other before, the defendant 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 his own use. To have drugs to sell to customers, Ngoc tried to contact and buy from a Mong man. Ngoc bought 2 packages of drugs (104.51 grams) for 25 million VND, then sold them to Thanh for nearly double the price, 47 million VND.
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| Defendant Ngoc at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu |
After buying drugs from Ngoc, early in the morning of August 27, Thanh took a bus to Ninh Binh. When the bus reached Truong Banh intersection (in Tien Phong commune, Que Phong district), the police stopped the bus, searched it, and discovered 2 packages of drugs in Thanh's bag. Based on Vu Van Thanh's testimony, the same day the investigation agency issued an emergency detention order for Vi Van Ngoc. An emergency search of Ngoc's residence confiscated 1 homemade gun and 10 homemade bullets.
At the trial, the husband's testimony that he hid from his wife and sold his motorbike to buy drugs made Ms. V. sad. "I'm very sad and depressed. Since the day he was arrested, I've been depressed and hopeless, unable to think of the reason why my husband fell into such a state. I'm angry with my husband, but I also feel sorry for my two young children. Especially when my 5-year-old eldest child keeps asking "where is dad?" Every time like that, I can only lie to my child. Today, I only brought my little child down for him to see. I hope he will correct his mistakes, my children and I will always wait for him to come back," Ms. V. cried.
In his final statement, defendant Ngoc choked up when mentioning his wife and two young children. He asked the court to consider a lenient sentence so that he could return home soon to make up for his wife and children. For the crime of illegal drug trafficking, the panel sentenced Vi Van Ngoc to 16 years in prison. For Ngoc's act of possessing a hunting gun and 10 homemade shotgun pellets, the authorities imposed an administrative penalty.
Her husband went to prison, the young wife could only hug her small child and watch helplessly. So, from now until many years later, she had to be both father and mother, taking care of the family and raising two young children.
