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18920
Thu, 09/11/2008 - 15:33
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Court upholds death penalty on three heroin traffickers
HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City 's Appeal Court on Sept. 10 retained the death penalty for three heroin traffickers, who led a
trans-national ring that smuggled up to 5.28 kg of heroin.
The three were Nguyen Thanh Mai, 40, Van Toan, 35, and Nguyen Thuy Ngoc
Bang, 25, who were found to buy and sell abroad a total of 16 cakes of
heroin between March 2002 and November 2003.
The case was brought to light after Le Hoai Nam , a member of the ring,
was caught with 148 grams of heroin on April 27, 2006.
The appeal court also upheld the life imprisonment sentence on Nam and
another accomplice named Le Van Phong as well as the verdict of 20 years in
jail on three other members of the gang. -Enditem
trans-national ring that smuggled up to 5.28 kg of heroin.
The three were Nguyen Thanh Mai, 40, Van Toan, 35, and Nguyen Thuy Ngoc
Bang, 25, who were found to buy and sell abroad a total of 16 cakes of
heroin between March 2002 and November 2003.
The case was brought to light after Le Hoai Nam , a member of the ring,
was caught with 148 grams of heroin on April 27, 2006.
The appeal court also upheld the life imprisonment sentence on Nam and
another accomplice named Le Van Phong as well as the verdict of 20 years in
jail on three other members of the gang. -Enditem
