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Taiwanese man prosecuted for drug trafficking

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on May 27 issued a decision for the prosecution of a Taiwanese national for “trafficking drugs”, in line with Article 250 of the 2015 Criminal Code.
Taiwanese man prosecuted for drug trafficking ảnh 1The drugs seized by police (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’sProcuracy on May 27 issued a decision for the prosecution of a Taiwanesenational for “trafficking drugs”, in line with Article 250 of the 2015Criminal Code.

34-year-old Chen Tsen Wei was detained by HCM City’spolice in Hoc Mon district on March 27, 2019, when he was smuggling 895bricks of heroin totaling over 316kg – the largest-ever volume of drugs in Vietnam.

Investigations unveiled that as from November 2018,Chen and his accomplices had entered Vietnam many times for drugtrafficking.

During the period, Chen and another 33-year-oldTaiwanese named Yen Yung Chu hid 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth in a warehouse inthe southern province of Binh Duong for delivery to Taiwan (China). However,the shipment was detected by Taiwanese police when it arrived in Kaohsiungport.

In February 2019, the men shipped fourcontainers of plastics from Vietnam to Taiwan. After being informed byVietnamese colleagues, Taiwanese police checked the containers but they foundno drugs in three of the containers, while theother had completed its journey before Taiwanese police got the information.

On March 11, 2019, Chen Tsen Wei continued to enterVietnam. On March 27, 2019, he and Yen used a truck to transport drugs whenthey were detected by HCM City Police, but Yen escaped.

With the charge, Chen may face 20 years behind barsor death penalty./.
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