For 2 million dong in exchange for 17 years in prison
(Baonghean.vn) - When a customer ordered drugs, Ngoan saved all his money to buy the "goods". This man calculated that he would make a profit of 2 million VND if he sold 1 tael of crystal meth.
On the morning of March 9, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened a first-instance criminal trial of Nguyen Trong Ngoan (50 years old), temporarily residing in Quan Bau ward, Vinh city, for the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking".
According to the records, on December 1, 2019, Ngoan was at home when a man named Lam came to order 1 tael of crystal meth for 30 million VND. Ngoan agreed, so the next day she went to the Cau Ro gas station area (Thanh Chuong district) to meet a man named Dung to order the drugs. Dung agreed to meet the next day and deliver the crystal meth.
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Defendant Nguyen Trong Ngoan at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu |
At 3:00 p.m. on December 3, Ngoan went to Cau Ro gas station to meet Dung to get drugs and gave him 28 million VND. That same evening, while Ngoan was waiting for Lam to come get the drugs, he was discovered by Vinh City Police and seized 99.630 grams of Methamphetamine.
At court, the defendant mumbled and admitted to the crime. Defendant Ngoan said that because of the 2 million VND profit, he accepted to commit the illegal act. Regarding the money used to buy drugs, Ngoan said that it was from savings.
For the crime of "Illegal drug trafficking" Nguyen Trong Ngoan was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
As for the two men named Dung and Lam, because the defendant does not know their specific addresses, there is no basis to verify, investigate, or clarify.