Drug runner sentenced to 15 years - 2004-02-27
A worldwide drug runner who gambled over $1 million while trafficking heroin at Crown casino was yesterday imprisoned for at least 15 years.
Vinh Lac Lao provided major amounts of heroin from China to big-time gambler Ko Kong Tong, who operated a drug ring from his Crown Towers hotel room.
Judge Betty King expressed it was obscene that Lao inflicted misery by drug dealing at the same time as he gambled.
"You played for high stakes - you gambled and you lost. The punishment must match the crime," Judge King stated.
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