Hanoi (VNA) – TheHanoi People’s Court on June 5 sentenced four defendants from 30 months to 20years in prison for illegally shipping drugs to Russia.
Pham Van Tai, who was born in 1986 and residesin Mai Dich ward of Hanoi’s Cau Giay district, received a 20-year jailsentence. Nguyen Anh Tuan (born in 1981, Mai Dong ward of Hanoi’s Hoang Maidistrict) will be imprisoned for 18 years and Nguyen Huy (born in 1990, Cau Denward of Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district) will serve 17 years in prison.
They were sentenced for illegal drugtrafficking.
The court imposed a 30-month prison sentence onNguyen Van Tuan (born 1984, Quang Thinh commune of Bac Giang province’s LangGiang district) for not denouncing criminals.
The court found that Tai used to live in Russiaand was acquainted with a Vietnamese national named Khanh, also living in thecountry. He returned to Vietnam in 2013 and, together with Khanh, formed a ringto transport drugs to Russia.
Each time he received an order from Khanh, Taibought drugs and hid them in boxes of goods to send to Russia by air. On May14, 2015, he hid nearly 200 synthetic drug pills in a coffee box which was foundby Russian authorities.
On March 27, 2016, Ministry of Public Securityoffcers caught two persons on Chua Lang street of Hanoi’s Dong Da districtwhile they were riding a motorbike with two methamphetamine packs weighingnearly 200 grams concealed in an electric cooker.
Basing on evidence collected from them, policearrested Pham Van Tai, Nguyen Anh Tuan and Nguyen Huy. Nguyen Van Tuan fled butwas later detained.
From May 2015 to March 2016, Tai and hisaccessories trafficked 336.62 grams of different kinds of drug and nearly 200synthetic drug pills, the court found.-VNA
Pham Van Tai, who was born in 1986 and residesin Mai Dich ward of Hanoi’s Cau Giay district, received a 20-year jailsentence. Nguyen Anh Tuan (born in 1981, Mai Dong ward of Hanoi’s Hoang Maidistrict) will be imprisoned for 18 years and Nguyen Huy (born in 1990, Cau Denward of Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district) will serve 17 years in prison.
They were sentenced for illegal drugtrafficking.
The court imposed a 30-month prison sentence onNguyen Van Tuan (born 1984, Quang Thinh commune of Bac Giang province’s LangGiang district) for not denouncing criminals.
The court found that Tai used to live in Russiaand was acquainted with a Vietnamese national named Khanh, also living in thecountry. He returned to Vietnam in 2013 and, together with Khanh, formed a ringto transport drugs to Russia.
Each time he received an order from Khanh, Taibought drugs and hid them in boxes of goods to send to Russia by air. On May14, 2015, he hid nearly 200 synthetic drug pills in a coffee box which was foundby Russian authorities.
On March 27, 2016, Ministry of Public Securityoffcers caught two persons on Chua Lang street of Hanoi’s Dong Da districtwhile they were riding a motorbike with two methamphetamine packs weighingnearly 200 grams concealed in an electric cooker.
Basing on evidence collected from them, policearrested Pham Van Tai, Nguyen Anh Tuan and Nguyen Huy. Nguyen Van Tuan fled butwas later detained.
From May 2015 to March 2016, Tai and hisaccessories trafficked 336.62 grams of different kinds of drug and nearly 200synthetic drug pills, the court found.-VNA
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