The trial will be conducted online from the central location at the headquarters of the An Duong District People's Court with the component location at the City Police Detention Center.
In the first case, the An Duong District People's Court tried defendant Luong Van Cuong (born in 2000, residing in Sub-zone 2, Muong Bu Commune, Muong La District, Son La Province) for the crime of "Illegal trading of narcotics", stipulated in Clause 1, Article 249 of the Penal Code.
According to the indictment of the An Duong District People's Procuracy, at around 12:30, on October 1, 2024, in Hoang Lau village, Hong Phong commune, An Duong district (now Hoang Lau residential group, Hong Phong ward, An Duong district), the authorities discovered Luong Van Cuong illegally possessing drugs.
At the investigation agency, Cuong confessed that he had previously taken a motorbike taxi from a stranger to the Tran Nguyen Han railway area in Le Chan district to buy from an unknown man a silver foil package containing Heroin and 03 blue tablets, 3 red tablets for 1,000,000 VND and returned to Hoang Lau village to find a place to use them, but was discovered and arrested by the police.
The second case of An Duong District People's Court tried defendant Tran Van Hiep (born in 1987, residing in Nhu Kieu Residential Group, An Hai Ward, An Duong District, Hai Phong) for the crime of "Illegal possession of narcotics", according to the provisions of Point c, Clause 1, Article 249 of the Penal Code.
According to the case file, at around 12:15 on December 25, 2024, in Van Cu village, An Dong commune, An Duong district (now Van Cu residential group, An Dong ward, An Duong district), the authorities caught Tran Van Hiep red-handed for illegally storing drugs. At the scene, the police seized a 02x02cm white plastic bag containing a white crystalline drug called Methamphetamine, weighing 0.29 grams.
During the investigation, the subject Tran Van Hiep confessed: At around 12:00 on December 25, 2024, Hiep took a motorbike taxi from a stranger to Van Cu village, An Dong commune (now Van Cu residential group, An Dong ward, An Duong district) and bought it from an unknown man for a bag of Methamphetamine for 300,000 VND, then walked to find a place to use it and was discovered and arrested by the police.
After reviewing the case file, based on the defendants' statements and the results of the debate, the Trial Council sentenced defendant Luong Van Cuong to 24 months in prison; defendant Tran Van Hiep was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the crime of "Illegal possession of narcotics" according to regulations.
