Sentencing 28 defendants for bringing drugs to Prison No. 3 (Tan Ky)
(Baonghean.vn) -After nearly 3 days of trial,cOn the afternoon of October 2, the People's Court of Nghe An province concluded the trial of the case of drug trafficking into prison of 28 defendants who are prisoners at Prison No. 3 (General Department 8 of the Ministry of Public Security, located in Nghia Dung commune, Tan Ky district, Nghe An).
28 prisoners participated in a drug trafficking ring at Prison No. 3 that lasted for a long time. According to the indictment, from December 2010 to November 2011, Le Xuan Minh (born in 1969, serving a 9-year and 6-month prison sentence for theft and escape from detention, currently serving 7 years and 8 months) organized 6 times to bring 6.9 heroin bricks weighing 258.75 grams into the prison cell to sell to other prisoners. Prisoner Le Quoc Hung (serving a life sentence for murder) was an important link in the ring by helping Minh receive, pay and transfer money for drug trafficking through an ATM account held by his wife and mother. At the time of his arrest, the amount of money in the ATM account was up to 3,588,618,000 VND.
The defendants at trial
At the end of the trial, the defendants received sentences: Defendant Le Xuan Minh, the leader of the drug ring, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Combined with the sentence he was serving, Minh must serve a sentence of 21 years and 8 months in prison. Defendant Le Quoc Hung was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking. Combined with the previous sentence, Hung must serve a life sentence.
The defendants Ly Van Luong (born in 1974, residing in Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City) and Dang Dinh Tho (born in 1973, residing in Phuc Son Commune, Anh Son) were each sentenced to 15 years in prison;
- Tran Van Them (born 1971, residing in Dien Bich commune, Dien Chau) 14 years in prison;
- Nguyen Minh Hien, (Born in 1984, residing in Quang Trung ward, Vinh city) 13 years in prison;
- Tran Minh Mao (born in 1987, residing in Doi Cung ward, Vinh city);
- Tran Van Dan (born in 1974, residing in Hung Long commune, Hung Nguyen), each defendant was sentenced to 9 years in prison; - Tran Van Hai (born in 1985, residing in Huong Long commune, Huong Khe, Ha Tinh) and Ngo Manh Trung (born in 1971, residing in Quan Bau, Vinh city), Nguyen Van Thu (born in 1968, residing in Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau), each defendant was sentenced to 8 years in prison;
- Le Dinh Lieu (born in 1982, residing in Giang Son Dong, Do Luong district), Hoang Van Nhung (born in 1977, residing in Gia Pho, Huong Khe, Ha Tinh); Nguyen Ngoc Lan (born in 1981, residing in Hung Thong commune, Hung Nguyen), Nguyen Van Cong (born in 1977, residing in Nghia Khanh, Nghia Dan); Nguyen Sy Khuong (born in 1972, residing in Nghia My commune, Thai Hoa town), Hoang Xuan Son (born in 1971, residing in Kim Son, Que Phong); Dinh Viet Hao (born in 1976, residing in Luu Son commune, Do Luong) and Nguyen Hong Son (born in 1989, residing in Dong Mai ward, Dong Da, Hanoi); Nguyen Manh Cuong (born in 1975, residing in Phan Huy Ich, Ba Dinh, Hanoi), each defendant was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
- The remaining subjects were sentenced by the court from 3 to 5 years in prison.
- Dinh Viet Hai(Born in 1971, residing in Do Luong town, Do Luong district) the court sentenced him to 24 months in prison.
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