On December 30, the People's Court of Da Nang City opened a mobile court at the People's Committee of Phuoc Ninh Ward (Hai Chau District, Da Nang City), to conduct a first-instance trial of a case of illegal drug trafficking.
The People's Court sentenced defendant Tran Hai Trung (24 years old, residing in Thach Thang Ward) to 20 years in prison for illegal drug trafficking; Nguyen Thanh Tin (35 years old, residing in Phuoc Ninh Ward, Hai Chau District) and Tran Anh Dung (55 years old, residing in Binh Thuan Ward, both in Hai Chau District) to 2 years in prison, and Ngo Van Thich (37 years old, residing in Nam Giang District, Quang Nam) to 1 year and 3 months in prison, both for illegal drug possession.
According to the indictment, Trung had no job, so to make money, Trung illegally bought and sold heroin at home.
Tran Hai Trung (right) received 20 years in prison.
From February to April 2023, Trung bought heroin three times from a man named Bong (unknown identity) near the Da Nang Central Bus Station. Each time he bought about 14 grams, for 11.2 million VND.
Trung then divided the heroin into small foil packages, each package from 0.2 - 0.5 - 2 grams and hid it in the house. Trung sold it for 300,000 - 700,000 VND and 2.5 million VND/package.
At first, Trung sold heroin to 5-6 people/day. Then, hearing that Trung sold drugs at his house, located right in the city center, with many alleys leading to his house, making it easy to hide, more and more addicts came to buy.
Since April 2023, Trung has not been able to contact the person named Bong, but a man named Bi (identity unknown) came to Trung's house to offer to buy heroin. From then until his arrest, Trung bought drugs from Bi 3 times, each time buying half a cake (more than 150 grams) for 130 million VND/half cake.
In court, Trung confessed that because Bi sold heroin at a cheap price, Trung bought it to store and sell gradually.
On June 21, 2023, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Team of Hai Chau District Police (Da Nang City) raided Trung's den and discovered nearly 350 grams of heroin.
The remaining 3 defendants are drug addicts who regularly buy drugs from Trung. Meanwhile, Trung is the niece of Tran Thi Thanh (60 years old, living on Ong Ich Khiem Street, Da Nang), a drug lord who was previously arrested by Hai Chau District Police.
Along with raiding the den of drug lord Tran Thi Thanh, the police also arrested many suspects in this drug family.
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