People's Procuracy in Vietnam's northern Hoa Binh province on Thursday proposed 11 death penalties and eight life sentences for those involved in a transnational drug trafficking ring.

The case included 23 defendants who illegally traded 1,415 heroin cakes, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA on Thursday, adding that their charges are "illegal trade and storage of drugs," "illegal storage of military weapons," and "failure to report a crime."

In addition to 19 death and life sentences, other defedants faced sentences of 2-20 years imprisonment.

Source: Xinhua