Heroin trader receives death sentence
(VOV) - A Hanoi People’s Court on January 16 sentenced a Son La-born resident to death charged with heroin trading.
According to the indictment, Trang A Ky, 42, had sold a total of 18 cakes of heroin, worth VND140 million each, to Dao Van Chi and Ngo Thi Thu - a couple in Hanoi between April 22-26, 2012.
He hired a man named Nguyen Thanh Kien to transport the drug from Son La to Hanoi.
The case was brought to light after the couple and Kien were caught red handed trading six cakes of heroin in Hanoi on June 1, 2012. Chi and Thu planned to re-sell the drug to addicts in Hanoi.
In June 2013 the Hanoi People’s Court handed down death sentences to Chi, Kien, and Phan Thanh Son, a broker for the deal between the couple and Ky.
The court also sentenced Thu to life imprisonment and issued a warrant for Ky in September 2013.
In the courtroom, Ky pleaded guilty to the charge, saying a huge benefit from drug trading tempted him into the crime.