A court sentenced him to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam to 27 people for more than 600 kilos of narcotics, including heroin, ketamine and methamphetamine.
Vu Hoang Anhleader of the group and famous boss of organized crime, alias Oanh Hais among those sentenced to death.
The 35-member gang smuggled 626 kilos of drugs into Vietnam from Camboya between March 2018 and November 2022.
The eight members who were not sentenced to death received prison sentences of between 20 years and life in prison.
The court described the case as a particularly serious cross-border drug trafficking operation carried out over a long period of time, according to Tuoi Tre.
The suspects used the Signal messaging app and phone numbers from the United States or Cambodia to communicate about drug transactions.
According to the court, Oanh Ha67 years old, led those convicted in the transportation and trafficking of 626 kilos of drugs from Camboya for consumption in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh and other cities of Vietnam.
Investigators determined that the total amount of money involved in the ring was $54.8 million.
Oanh transferred up to $20,000 per trip to traffickers who transported drugs hidden in cars or engine blocks.
Additionally, a total of 129 engine blocks were introduced since Camboya a Vietnamaccording to the newspaper Tuoi Tre.
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It is also unknown when the death sentences will be carried out.
Vietnam has some of the strictest anti-drug laws in the world and maintains a lot of secrecy about its executions.
The country is close to the drug-producing region known as the “Golden Triangle“, the border area between Laos, Thailand and Burma.
Vietnamese police say Ho Chi Minh City is becoming a drug trafficking hub thanks to improved transport infrastructure.