Two Chinese citizens were sentenced to three years in a U.S. prison for attempting to sell methamphetamine near a school in the American Pacific territory of Saipan, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on April 6.
Han Dong, 52, and Yang Yinhua, 49, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to possess more than 5 grams of methamphetamine with the intent of distributing it within 1,000 feet of an elementary school, according to the indictment.
A judge for the U.S. District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands sentenced them to 36 months each in prison at a hearing on March 26, according to the DOJ. They must serve one year of supervised release after completing their prison terms, the judge ruled….
Chinese Nationals Get 3 Years in US Prison for Drug Sales Near School
