07 September 2006 :
three drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City for smuggling over 800kg of heroin, the biggest-ever drug haul in Vietnam.The three men, Cam Minh Tam, Tran Anh Toan, and Ho Anh Tuan – dubbed Tuan “rabbit” – were members of Vietnam’s largest drug gang, led by 45-year-old Nguyen Van Hai, alias Hai Luan.
Police busted the gang in August 2004. In 2005 a HCMC court sentenced 16 members to death and 11 to life terms. Two others got jail terms.
They were charged with possessing weapons and trafficking almost 820 kilograms of heroin between the central province of Nghe An, bordering Laos, to HCMC.
Five members, including boss Nguyen Van Hai, were executed in June.
(Sources: Thanh Nien Daily, 07/09/2006)
