Death sentence upheld for drug trafficking from Laos to Vietnam

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 26, the Supreme People's Court of Appeal in Nghe An dismissed the appeal, upholding the first instance verdict of the People's Court of Nghe An province, sentencing defendant Nguyen Trong Xin (born in 1976, in Hung Phu commune, Hung Nguyen district) to death for the crime of "illegal drug trafficking".

This is a case of drug trafficking with a very large quantity from Laos to Vietnam.MaleAt the trial, there was sufficient evidence to charge defendant Nguyen Trong Xin with transporting drugs in the amount of 155 cakes (equivalent to 54 kg) as in the indictment of the prosecutor.

Defendant Nguyen Trong Xin at the appeal hearing on March 26.

According to the first instance verdict, after dropping out of school, Nguyen Trong Xin went to Laos in 2000 to work as a manual laborer. Here, Xin met Tran Van Hoi (born in 1972, from Hung Nguyen, Nghe An), a transnational drug lord who was on the run from a wanted warrant in Vietnam.MaleFrom this acquaintance, Xin accepted to transport drugs from Laos to Vietnam.Malefor Pig.

In 2002, Hoi returned to Vietnam.Malere-established a drug trafficking ring. Xin became Hoi's close disciple. Xin also dragged Nguyen Trong Hien, his real brother, and Nguyen Luu Long, a fellow villager, into his ring.

In 2002, Xin, along with Nguyen Trong Hien and Nguyen Luu Long, both from the same hometown, received hundreds of thousands of USD from Hoi four times to successfully transport 155 heroin cakes (equivalent to 54 kg) from Laos to Vietnam. Hoi paid Xin 15 million VND each time. In 2004, Hoi's drug ring was destroyed. With the purchase and sale of more than 5,500 heroin cakes from Laos to VietnamMale, Hoi was sentenced to death in 2006. Hien was also arrested later and confessed to Xin's actions and those of several other associates. He was sentenced to death, but thanks to his achievements in helping the police solve the case, Hien's sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment.

At the end of the trial, the panel of judges sentenced Nguyen Trong Xin to death.

Nguyen Hai (Nghia Binh, Tan Ky)