Defendants in court

According to the indictment, at the end of May 2023, Huynh Hanh went to Ho Chi Minh City to buy 20 million VND worth of drugs from a subject named "Anh" (unknown identity and background) and then brought them to his residence, which was also a billiards club, in residential group 6, Phu Loc town, Phu Loc district to sell.

Between June 2023 and July 21, 2023, Hanh sold drugs to Nghia many times, of which it was determined that Hanh sold drugs to Nghia twice. With the drugs, Nghia divided them into small amounts for use and resale for profit.

At around 4:00 p.m. on July 21, 2023, Dang Duc M. (born in 1986, residing in Loc An commune, Phu Loc district) called Nghia to buy 1 package of drugs for 500,000 VND. Nghia hid the remaining 4 packages of drugs on his person with the intention of reselling them to others. At around 5:30 p.m. the same day, in Loc Tri commune, Phu Loc district, Nghia was discovered and caught red-handed.

After deliberation, the Trial Panel found that: in terms of personal background, both defendants had previously used drugs and had been administratively punished for “illegal use of drugs”. The above behavior of the two defendants was dangerous to society, so the Trial Panel sentenced Huynh Hanh to 15 years and 6 months in prison, and defendant Hoang Nhu Nghia to 2 years in prison.