Village boys build camps in the deep forest, sell drugs in the middle of the night

On July 14, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Ngan Van Thong (born 1992), residing in Dua village, Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong district, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".

Around August 2020, Ngan Van Thong picked up a package of crystal meth and hid it in a shack built in the forest in Dua village, Luong Minh commune to sell for profit.

After selling all the drugs, on January 10, 2021, Thong bought 15 million VND worth of heroin from a Mong man. Thong sold these drugs toaddicts5 only, 3 only left.

Defendant Ngan Van Thong at trial. Photo: Tran Vu

At the same time, a man named Quang called Thong and asked him to buy 10 packages of heroin. Thong agreed and took 25 million VND to buy the “goods”.

At 0:30 a.m. on January 11, while Ngan Van Thong was sitting in a shack in the forest selling drugs, the Ky Son district police raided him and seized many packages of drugs with a total weight of more than 255 grams of various types of drugs.

At the trial, the defendant admitted to buying and selling drugs. Thong said he used huts in the forest to avoid detection by the authorities. The defendant said he spent all the money he earned because he used drugs. “The defendant is young and committed the crime for the first time, so I ask the court to consider reducing his sentence,” Thong said in his final statement.

Considering the defendant's behavior as dangerous to society and violating the law, the People's Court sentenced Ngan Van Thong to 20 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking.