Death penalty upheld for drug ring members

The Hanoi People’s Court has upheld the death sentence given to the ringleader and eight other members of a drug ring at an appeal trial in the northern province of Bac Ninh from March 22-24.
Death penalty upheld for drug ring members ảnh 1RIngleader Trang A Tang and other members at the trial (Photo: VNA)

Bac Ninh (VNA) – The Hanoi People’s Court has upheld the death sentence givento the ringleader and eight other members of a drug ring at an appeal trial inthe northern province of Bac Ninh from March 22-24.  

The courtalso maintained the life imprisonment sentence on two others while handing downthe capital punishment to one defendant instead of the original lifeimprisonment.

The Bac NinhPeople’s Procuracy appealed against the life imprisonment for Luong Thi Thao asshe had been proven to involve in the transaction of 1,526 heroin bricks.

Trang ATang (alias TangKeangnam) and his11-member ring including Trang’s wife Giang Thi Sua, were convicted at afirst-instance trial of the Bac Ninh People’s Court inlate September 2016 for trafficking 1,791 heroin bricks and 553 drug pills.

According to theindictment, at about 1pm of July 26, 2013, police tried to stop two cars drivenby Trang A Tang and Giang Thi Sua for check in Vo Cuong ward of Bac Ninh city,but they didn’t obey. Police chased and stopped the cars in Song Khe commune ofBac Giang city.   

Up to 265 heroin bricks(weighing 91.76kg) and 553 methamphetamine pills (weighing 51.5 grams) werefound in the cars.   

Investigation results showthat Trang A Tang masterminded the ring which trafficked drugs from Laos to BacGiang province via Son La.   

Tang bought drugs from someMong ethnic people in Laos and Thailand and hid the narcotics at the house ofhis father, Trang A Chu. The drugs were then sold to Luong Thi Thao in BacGiang and others, according to the indictment.-VNA
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