HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on July 18 sentenced a Vietnamese-Australian couple to life imprisonment and 20 years in prison for illegally trading heroin.
A sentence of life imprisonment was handed down to Hoang Le Thuy, 42, while her husband Nguyen Van Huy, 39, received 20 years imprisonment. In addition, they have to pay a fine of 50 million VND each.
According to the court’s verdict, Thuy and Huy, who were residing in Victoria , Australia , entered Vietnam on May 20, 2006.
On July 5, 2006, at the Tan Son Nhat airport, the customs and police forces found 11 pieces of white powder in Thuy and her husband’s luggage when they were checking in for VN781 flight for Australia .
With the results of the Criminal Science Sub-Institute’s tests, the Ministry of Public Security confirmed the white powder, weighing 447 grams in total, was heroin.
Another Vietnamese-Australian, Tran Van Quoc, a direct broker who gave money to Thuy and Huy to buy heroin in Vietnam , is being held in custody and will be tried in the Australian judicial system.-Enditem
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