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03/09/2010 | 20:49:41

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Nigerian Chime Chidike Ben, 34, the ringleader of a drug trafficking gang, has been jailed for life by a court in Hanoi.

Ben, together with four accomplices, were discovered by city police to have trafficked more than 1,000 grams of heroin from India to Vietnam and then on to China.

Ben was also fined 50 million VND (2,500 USD).

Accomplice Luong Kim Dung from HCM City was also jailed for life.
Meanwhile, Tesita Guiyab was sentenced to 19 years, Nguyen Thi Hanh from HCM City to 20 years and Nguyen Mai Trinh to 15 years./.

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