09:57' 27/04/2007 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge - Members of a drug syndicate masterminded by a French national of Vietnamese origin were handed prison terms by a Ho Chi Minh City court, on April 25.Dang David, who is also known as Dang Van Tam, 53, was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for his involvement in the ring. Dang was arrested on May 12, 2004 for being accused of illegally selling and purchasing 1,115 grammes of prohibited narcotics.Between January 2002 and September 2003, through the Medical Centre in central Khanh Hoa province’s Van Ninh district, Dang had sent to Vietnam five batches of drugs, disguised as pharmaceutical products for a bogus humanitarian aid organisation called the French Association of Non-border Pharmacists.The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court also gave out jail terms of three and four years to Nguyen Thanh Thai, former Director of the Van Ninh Medical Centre, and Nguyen Ngoc Son, a centre employee, respectively, for their involvement in the case.
(Source: VNA)
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