Drug mule lost his way, court told

A drug mule was busted with $21,000 worth of heroin in his car after he became lost while trying to make his delivery, a court has been told.

Viet Tan Huynh, 48, came to police attention on November 11 last year when he was driving erratically down a service road at Inala, the Supreme Court in Brisbane was told on Friday.

He was arrested after police noticed two bags of heroin on the passenger seat and then found more drugs under his seat.

The court was told the heroin was worth $21,000.

Prosecutor Vicki Loury said Huynh initially lied to police, telling them he had found the drugs on the side of the road.

He later admitted he was delivering them in return for money.

Huynh's barrister, Don MacKenzie, said his client was an "unsophisticated man" who had come to Australia as a political refugee after the Vietnam war.

Mr MacKenzie said Huynh had gone home to Vietnam to care for his sick mother, and that when he returned to Australia in 2009 he had found himself broke and in desperate need of money.

"He went from being a peasant in Vietnam to being a suburban peasant in Inala," Mr MacKenzie said.

He told the court Huynh was "not a very good courier", and that he would benefit from supervision upon his release from jail.

Huynh pleaded guilty to five charges including supplying a dangerous drug and possessing a dangerous drug.

He was sentenced to three years' jail and will be released in May next year after having already spent almost 12 months in pre-sentence custody.

29 Oct 2010

Australia 'deliberately' imports social trash, so it causes disturbances amongst society.

There is deliberately no screening methods in place to minimise the risks to society these criminals bring to Australian shores.

Scum like this should be deported immediately.

Not just the drug mule BUT also the suppliers should be shut down, BUT that is NOT on the agenda.

Opium fields are large, and can be easily detected using today's technology.