Prosecution of Vu Hoang Oanh and 34 defendants in the 1,400 billion VND drug ring

Of which, defendant Vu Hoang Oanh (born in 1957, Hai Phong) and 27 defendants were prosecuted for illegal drug trafficking under Clause 4, Article 251 of the 2015 Penal Code.

There are 6 defendants prosecuted for the crime of illegal transportation of narcotics as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 250 of the 2015 Penal Code. One defendant is prosecuted for the crime of illegal possession of narcotics as prescribed in Point c, Clause 1, Article 249 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The Supreme People's Procuracy decided to prosecute the above 35 defendants before the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City for trial.

Based on collected documents and evidence, it was determined that the defendant Vu Hoang Oanh (also known as Oanh Ha, sister of the drug lord Dung "Ha" in the Nam Cam case) and her accomplices committed acts of transporting, trading, and illegally storing drugs.

Specifically, from 2019 to 2022, Vu Hoang Oanh organized and directed a drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to Vietnam for consumption in Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Hanoi and neighboring provinces.

Initially, Vu Hoang Oanh directly hired Nguyen Van Nam to transport heroin cakes from Phnom Penh (Cambodia) to Ho Chi Minh City to deliver to Oanh's customers.

Later, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vu Hoang Oanh hired Nguyen Anh Bao Quoc to receive drugs from Nguyen Duy Khanh or directly receive old car gearboxes with drugs hidden inside to disassemble, take out the drugs, hide them and deliver them to Nguyen Van Nam or deliver them to drug buyers in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring areas.

In the North, Vu Hoang Oanh directed Nguyen Van Nam to go to Ho Chi Minh City to receive drugs from Nguyen Anh Bao Quoc or from a woman in Cay Sung Alley, District 8, Ho Chi Minh City and receive old car gearboxes with drugs hidden inside, transport them to Hai Phong to hide, disassemble the engine block to get the drugs and deliver them to Oanh's customers in Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Hanoi and neighboring provinces.

The total number of used car gearboxes successfully transported by the defendants from Cambodia to Vietnam was 129 gearboxes. The defendants confessed that each trip of removing the gearboxes took out about 50 kg of drugs.

The indictment of the Supreme People's Procuracy stated that this was an especially serious transnational case of illegal transportation, trading, and storage of narcotics, in which Vietnamese people living abroad colluded with domestic subjects to illegally transport narcotics from Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hai Phong, and other provinces for consumption.

The defendants’ criminal acts took place over a long period of time with many participants. The subjects operated drug trafficking activities using the social network Signal, using the nicknames “Colombia”, “Mosscau” or “Mosscau Russia” to direct the division and cutting of drugs to avoid detection.

To keep the organization's operations confidential, the group used the Signal social network, US or Cambodian phone numbers to contact and receive drugs, and used an intermediary account named Hoang Cong Tu to make payments for the illegal purchase and transportation of drugs with a total amount of about 1,400 billion VND.

The indictment determined that defendant Vu Hoang Oanh was the mastermind, leader, directly implementing and directing other defendants to transport and illegally trade drugs.

Vu Hoang Anh has a long criminal record. On December 26, 2006, Vu Hoang Oanh was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court for illegal drug trafficking, and was pardoned on September 1, 2009 under Judgment No. 2067/2006/HSPT.

On October 24, 2011, Vu Hoang Oanh was sentenced to 4 years in prison for organizing gambling or gambling according to Appeal Judgment No. 28/PT.

On February 10, 2015, Vu Hoang Oanh was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the People's Court of Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province for gambling according to First Instance Judgment No. 34/HSST.