The Quang Binh Provincial People's Court on Wednesday gave a death sentence to a Laotian man for involving in the smuggling of over 300 kilos of meth.
Xeng Vang, born in 1995 and residing in Bolikhamsai province of Laos was given the death sentence for illegally transporting drugs.
Xeng Vang
According to the indictment, on the evening of October 12, Xeng Vang was hired by another Lao national, Hang A Chinh who lives in Dak Nong Province to drive a truck transporting drugs from Ha Tinh Province to Danang City.The truck was stopped by transport police for speeding on National Highway 1A in Le Thuy District. While police were about to check the truck, the two men fled into a nearby forest.
Bags of crystal meth weighing 308.6kg found on the truck
The next morning, with the co-operation of local people, security forces arrested Xeng Vang.
He admitted he was hired to transport the drugs for USD10,000.On May 31, a court in the central province of Nghe An also sentenced Lao man Tho No Bi, 37, to death for carrying 10.7 kilos of drugs into Vietnam.
According to Vietnamese law, those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or cocaine or more than 2.5 kg of methamphetamine face the death penalty.
The production or sale of 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal narcotics is also punishable by death.
Vietnam is a key trafficking hub for narcotics from Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.
