VIETNAM . THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
February 7, 2007: a Vietnamese court sentenced three people to death and jailed 52 others for running a huge heroin trafficking ring in the capital Hanoi, a court official said. The three defendants to be executed, including one woman, were found guilty of trafficking and selling nearly 18 kilogrammes of heroin from provinces near the Lao border. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 07/02/2007)
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