From a playboy to a drug dealer for a bar

To have money to use drugs, Tung accepted a request from a senior from Hai Phong to sell drugs to users in bars and nightclubs in downtown Saigon.

Tran Minh Tung (38 years old) was tried by the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on April 4 for the crimes of illegal drug trafficking and possession of military weapons. In connection with the case, Nguyen Van Hau was also prosecuted for the same crime.

Tung was addicted to meth. In mid-2013, when the police raided his bar, he was fined for drug possession. Three months later, Tung became friends with Tran Dinh Chien (from Hai Phong) when he followed a friend to his pawn shop.

After a period of intimacy, Tung was rented a house on Cach Mang Thang 8 Street by Chien to live in and to hide and sell drugs. Tung was also introduced to a man named Dai (from the same hometown in Hai Phong) in a bar and took drugs from this man to sell.

Many relatives cried when Tung was sentenced to death. Photo: Binh Nguyen.

Tung admitted to taking methamphetamine, heroin, ecstasy... from Dai many times and supplying them to party-goers in nightclubs and bars. On the afternoon of March 17, 2014, while delivering ecstasy to Nguyen Van Hau, he was arrested.

Searching Tung's car and house, the police seized nearly 3 kg of heroin, ecstasy, crystal meth, and many other items such as a press, a grinder, a plastic bottle, etc. In addition, the authorities also found a gun and 6 bullets. He said he bought this gun from Dai to carry around for self-defense.

The jury sentenced Tung to death and Hau to 10 years in prison. According to the court, the amount of drugs Tung bought and sold was very large, so a severe sentence was needed. In relation to the case, Chien is currently being detained by Hanoi police in another drug ring./.

According to VNE