The defendants (in blue) listen to the verdict at the trial on October 7 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on October 7 sentenced eight defendants to death and another to life imprisonment for trafficking 379 heroin bricks weighing over 132kg and 55kg of methamphetamine. The nine defendants, born between 1954 and 1986, were brought to court with the charge of drug trafficking. The jury said the acts by the defendants, who used to commit other crimes in the past, were “particularly serious”, and the trafficked drug volume was “particularly large”, harmful to social order and safety and national security. According to the indictment by the Supreme People’s Procuracy, Phan Huu Hieu (born in 1974, from Nghe An province), who played the main role in the trafficking, received drugs from a Lao citizen in Da Nang city and then trafficked them to HCM City to hand over to Ly Tho Phuoc (born in 1967, from HCM City) … [Read more...] about Court hands eight death, one life sentences to drug traffickers
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Two Laotians arrested in Quang Tri drug trafficking case
Two Laotian suspects at the police station (Photo: infonet) Police forces caught two Laotian nationals red-handed at the commonborder between in Savannakhet province at 15:30 on October 3. The pair were in the process of illegally transporting drugs from Laos into Vietnam for the purpose of selling them. In total, 215,000 synthetic drugs, two cars with Laotian registration plates, four mobile phones, and a range of other exhibits were seized at the scene. The two suspects were later identified as Savat Dixay Nhaxombat, 24, and Banpachit Keovilayvong, 24, both of Savannakhet province. According to reports by the police, surveillance on the group’s activities have been taking place for a long time. The bust represents the largest cross- border drug smuggling ring ever detected in Quang Tri province. Local police are currently completing the necessary procedures before handing the two suspects over to police in Savannakhet province. … [Read more...] about Two Laotians arrested in Quang Tri drug trafficking case
Vietnamese, Lao localities jointly bust massive drug trafficking ring
At the event (Photo: ADB) Quang Tri (VNA) – The Border Guard High Command in the central province of Quang Tri has been working with security forces from Laos’ Savannakhet province to arrest two Lao suspects for trafficking 215,000 pills. According to the High Command, it was the largest drug volume seized in that part of the Vietnam – Laos border area. In the afternoon of October 3, the forces caught two Lao nationals red handed smuggling the pills, suspected of being Methamphetamine, from Laos to Vietnam. The arrested were Savat Dixay Nhaxombat and Banpachit Keovilayvong, both born in 1995 and residing in Savannakhet. The two were said to be significant members of a ring that has been involved in several massive drug transactions. Also seized at the scene were two cars with registered Lao plates and four cell phones. The case is under further investigation./. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Lao localities jointly bust massive drug trafficking ring
Three drug traffickers sentenced to death in Son La
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Son La (VNA) – The People’s Court of the northwestern border province of Son La handed death sentences to three defendants and life sentences to two others for cduring a trial on October 7. The capital penalty was given to Ha Van Thanh, Lo Thi Lap and Ha Thi Thanh, all residing in Moc Chau district, Son La province. Hoang Van Hung and Nguyen Van Hieu were ordered to spend the rest of their life in prison while Bui Minh Quang was jailed for 18 years. According to the verdict, the police caught Ha Van Thanh red-handed for illegally storing drugs, including 15 packs of heroin weighing over 4.6kg and 3kg of meth on July 5, 2018. They later arrested Quang, Hung, Lap, Thanh and Hieu./. VNA … [Read more...] about Three drug traffickers sentenced to death in Son La
Police stop cross border drug smuggling operation in Danang
A large quantity of drugs are hidden inside electric cookers (Photo: T.H/PLO) According to initial reports, police forces caught a suspicious woman on September 23. The suspect was in the process of loading electric cookers into a car on Hoang Van Thai street, Hoa Minh ward, Lien Chieu district. Upon conducting a search of the electric cookers, the police discovered a total of 4.5 kg of ketamine and over 3,000 pills of synthetic stashed away. Suspect Bui Thi Thuy at the police station (Photo: T.H/PLO) Once under questioning at the police station, the suspect, identified as Bui Thi Thuy, 41, of Phuc Xa ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, admitted to being hired by another woman to receive the shipment. A local police officer stated that this was the work of a drug trafficking ring which operates between Laos and the Lao Bao international border gate. The group’s activities have been under surveillance for several months. The case is currently under … [Read more...] about Police stop cross border drug smuggling operation in Danang