HCM City: two men receive death sentences for drug smuggling
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on April 13 handed down death penalties to two men involved in a case of smuggling 11.8kg of drugs.
Expanding investigations, police captured other members of Tuyen’s ring – Nguyen Van Thang, Tran Tuan Anh, Nguyen Minh Hanh, Nguyen Be Chinh, Bui Duy Thanh, and Hong Ngoc Long.
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Thang and Anh were sentenced to death on the charge of illegal drug smuggling. Meanwhile, Tuyen was sentenced to life imprisonment as she has a little child.
The remaining were given nine to 17 years imprisonment.
A suspect in this case remains at large Nguyen Tang Quang, who was said to provide drugs for Tuyen, is still being hunted by the investigation agency.