Jailed after 2 times of smuggling contraband
(Baonghean.vn) - In 2019, Nguyen Thi Huong was administratively fined 100 million VND for trading in prohibited goods, but the defendant still deliberately violated the law.
On the morning of December 27, in Son Hai commune, the People's Court of Quynh Luu district opened a mobile trial for defendant Le Thi Huong (born 1983), residing in Son Hai commune, Quynh Luu district, for the crime of"Trading in prohibited goods".
According to the indictment of the People's Procuracy of Quynh Luu district: In early February 2023, Le Thi Huong bought from a woman in Dien Bich commune, Dien Chau district a box of firecrackers including 10 boxes of 36 firecrackers for 2.2 million VND and then brought it home to hide in her bedroom with the intention of selling it for profit.
In August 2023, fearing being discovered by the police, Huong came up with the idea of sending all the above fireworks to a woman named Dien residing in Nghia Dan district to keep, waiting until Lunar New Year to take them back to sell.
At about 2:30 p.m. on August 25, 2023, Huong used a motorbike with license plate 37L3-052.18 of Mr. Tran Van Dat to transport a cardboard box containing 10 boxes of 36-round firecrackers to the Giat intersection overpass area and contacted Mr. Le Van Dieu - the owner of Dieu Huong passenger car to send it to a woman named Dien. Then, Mr. Dieu suspected that the box Huong sent was prohibited goods, so he called Huong to ask her to take the goods back. Huong returned to get her cardboard box containing firecrackers, put it on a motorbike with license plate 37L3-052.18 to take it home. When she was about to leave, she was discovered by the working group of Quynh Luu District Police, caught red-handed, and confiscated a yellow cardboard box containing 10 boxes of firecrackers with a total weight of 11.7 kg.
At the trial, the Trial Panel determined that the defendant Le Thi Huong’s actions were in violation of the law. Furthermore, in 2019, the defendant was also administratively fined 100 million VND for trading in prohibited goods but still deliberately violated the law.
At the end of the trial, the People's Court of Quynh Luu district sentenced Le Thi Huong to 18 months in prison for "Trading in prohibited goods".
