At the trial (Source: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) - The People’s Court of the northern province ofQuang Ninh on November 13 sentenced five drug traffickers to death in a caseinvolving a transnational drug trafficking ring and 148 bricks of heroin.
Among the five defendants sentenced to death, there was a Lao national - InthavongPaseuth, born in 1978. The fourremaining were Nguyen Ba Ngoc, Nguyen Van Lau, Vu Dinh Tuan, and Ha Hong Quan.
Four others, including two Chinese, were given life imprisonment, and four got 20years in prison each.
According to the indictment, in June 16, 2018, in Mong Cai city, the localpolice caught redhanded Nguyen Van Trang, a resident from Hung Yen province,hiding 72 heroin bricks in a fridge.
After further investigations, the provincial police arrested 12 individuals,who transported 148 bricks of heroin from Laos to Vietnam and China forsales.
In the ring, Inthavong Paseuth was the ringleader, while Liang Yang Hai andHuang Chuan were drug buyers./.
VNA
