Sentenced the man who hid drugs in his mother's water heater, divided them into small pieces and sold them to pay off debt
(Baonghean.vn) - Hoang Khac Chinh confessed that due to economic difficulties and debt, he bought drugs to sell for profit to pay off his debt.
On February 26, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Hoang Khac Chinh (born 1976), residing in Dien Phu commune, Dien Chau district, Nghe An, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking”.
According to the indictment, on the morning of May 1, 2023, Hoang Khac Chinh called Le Thi Toan (born in 1976), residing in Dien Chau town, Dien Chau district, to order 4 packages of pink drugs and 3 heroin sticks. Toan offered 4 million VND for 1 package of pink drugs and 18 million VND for 1 heroin stick, for a total of 70 million VND. Because he did not have enough money, Chinh proposed to pay Toan 18 million VND in advance, and the remaining amount would be paid after Chinh sold the "goods".
That morning, Toan called and told Chinh to bring money to the coastal road in Dien Thanh commune, Dien Chau district. That night, the two sides traded drugs, but Toan showed Chinh where the drugs were hidden on the side of the road and let him pick them up and leave. After taking the drugs as Toan instructed, Chinh brought them home to hide with the intention of selling them for profit.
That same night, a man named Hai (unknown background and specific address) came to buy 3 packages of pink pills. The two sides agreed on a location for the transaction, but Hai had only received the drugs and had not yet received the money, and promised to pay the next day.
After returning home, Chinh hid 3 bricks of heroin above the water heater behind his mother's house, and divided the remaining heroin into small pieces and hid it in his pants pocket. On the morning of May 2, 2023, Chinh drove his motorbike to Dien Chau town, Dien Chau district to sell drugs and was caught red-handed by the Dien Chau district police working group in coordination with Dien Chau town police with the evidence. The police force searched Chinh's house and seized some evidence. The total amount of evidence seized from Hoang Khac Chinh was 105 grams of heroin and 4.3 grams of pink pills.
At the trial, defendant Hoang Khac Chinh admitted to his crime. Chinh confessed that due to economic difficulties, he was in debt, his children were young, and his parents were old and sick and often hospitalized, he bought drugs to sell for profit and to pay off his debt. The money he saved to buy drugs was from his time working in construction.
Considering the case as a whole, the People's Court sentenced defendant Hoang Khac Chinh to 20 years in prison for "Illegal drug trafficking".
