Death penalty for man with 3 previous convictions for drug trafficking
(Baonghean.vn) - On December 1, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened a first-instance criminal trial of Nguyen Van Canh (born 1966, residing in Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen) for the crime of illegal drug trafficking.
According to records, in 2003, Nguyen Van Canh was sentenced by the People's Court of Nam Dan district to 9 months in prison for theft of property. In 2006, Canh was sentenced by the Provincial People's Court to 16 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking. On September 23, 2020, this man was sentenced by the People's Court of Nghe An province to 18 months in prison for gambling, completing the sentence on July 17, 2021.
Despite having 3 criminal records, on February 5, 2023, Nguyen Van Canh was arrested by Hung Nguyen District Police with nearly 4kg of crystal meth.
Canh confessed that he bought the drugs from a man he met on social media for 640 million VND on February 4 to deliver to a customer from Thanh Hoa. According to the agreement between the customer and Canh, the drugs would be sold for 920 million VND.
On the morning of February 5, while Canh was delivering the drugs to a customer, he was discovered and arrested by the police.
The first instance trial panel determined that the defendant had traded in large quantities of drugs, committed extremely dangerous acts, had a bad character, and was no longer capable of being educated or reformed. Considering the case as a whole, the court sentenced defendant Nguyen Van Canh to death.
