Ngo Minh, 33, and Cao Ton, 45, were sentenced to death...

09 December 2003 :

Ngo Minh, 33, and Cao Ton, 45, were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being found guilty by a court in the central province of Khanh Hoa of trafficking more than 32.5 kg of opium and small amounts of heroin from 1998 until late 2002.

(Sources: Agence France Presse, 09/12/2003)

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