What are the penalties for harboring illegal drug use?
What is harboring illegal drug use? What are the penalties for harboring illegal drug use? This is a matter of concern for Ms. Bui Thi Lieu (Nam Dan, Nghe An).
Answer: Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 256 of the 2015 Penal Code, the crime of harboring illegal use of narcotics is stipulated as follows:
1. Anyone who leases or lends a location or commits any other act of harboring the illegal use of narcotics, if not falling under the cases specified in Article 255 of this Code, shall be subject to imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 7 to 15 years:
a) Abusing position and power;
b) Committing the crime 2 times or more;
c) For persons under 16 years of age;
d) For 2 or more people;
d) Dangerous recidivism.
3. The offender may also be fined from 50,000,000 to 200,000,000 VND or have part or all of his/her property confiscated.
Accordingly, the crime of harboring illegal drug use has two penalty levels: The lowest level is imprisonment from 2 years to 7 years, the highest is 15 years. In addition, the offender can also be fined from 50,000,000 to 200,000,000 VND or have part or all of his/her property confiscated.
