Six suspects sentenced to death for illegally trafficking drugs

NGHỆ AN — Six people have been sentenced to death and another jailed for life for trafficking and trading more than  四 四. 六kg of drugs.

The People’s Court of Nghệ An Province issued the death penalty to Chu Huy Tuấn, Nguyễn Văn Quang, Nguyễn Quang Trung, Đỗ Đình Đại, Bùi Văn Khanh and Phan Văn Trang. Trần Lưu Thắng was jailed for life.

According to the indictment of the Supreme People's Procuracy, around  八am on October  二 八,  二0 二0, the Drug-related Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security caught red-handed Nguyễn Quang Trung,  二 九, carrying a suitcase and a leather bag with over  九. 八kg of methamphetamine inside.

He was arrested at the foot of Suối Tiên pedestrian bridge in Linh Trung Ward, Thủ Đức District in HCM City.

Trung, from Tây Hiếu Co妹妹une, Thái Hòa Township in the central province of Nghệ An, admitted to the police that he was hired by Chu Huy Tuấn,  三 三, of Nghĩa Tiến Co妹妹une, Thái Hòa Township in the province, to illegally transport the methamphetamine from the province to HCM City and deliver to Trần Lưu Thắng.

After further investigations, police determined that Nguyễn Văn Quang,  三 三; Đỗ Đình Đại,  二 七; and Phan Văn Trang,  四 四, all of them from Thái Hòa Township in the province, prepared the drugs and helped Trung.

Police also found that Tuấn, Quang, Đại, Trang and Khanh had previously trading a total of about  三 四, 七 九 五kg of drugs including ketamine, methamphetamine, and MDMA ( 三, 四-methylenedioxymethamphetamine).

In separate case, the Border Guard of An Giang Province said on Wednesday evening that they had arrested Lê Văn Thanh,  四 三, for illegally transporting  三 四. 四kg of cannabis across the border.

Thanh admitted to the police he was paid VNĐ 七00,000 (US$ 三0) to illegally transport the cannabis from Cambodia to Việt Nam.

Also at the scene, the police seized a package of  二 二. 六kg cannabis from another suspect, who escaped from the scene. — VNS