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Vietnamese government officials inspect heroin before its destroyed |
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VIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
April 12, 2006: the Nghe An Peopleās Court, central Vietnam, sentenced Tran Van Hoi, 34, to death for drug trafficking. The court sentenced also sentenced an accomplice, Le Van Truong, to life imprisonment and seven others to up to 20 years after finding the gang guilty of smuggling 970 heroin cakes, 16,000 amphetamine tablets and 500 ecstasy pills from Laos to Vietnamās central provinces. (Sources: Thanh Nien News, 12/04/2006)
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