Teenage robbers used machetes to slash people and rob them.

Quoc Thang• June 19, 2021 07:06

Truong Nhat Huy, 19 years old, and his accomplices used machetes to slash and beat people walking alone at night to rob them of their vehicles and property.

On June 18, Huy and three other suspects were detained by the Criminal Police Department (PC02, Ho Chi Minh City Police) to investigate the act of Robbery.Snatchingand Theft of property.
According to the investigation agency, Huy was wanted for theft of property, along with 4-5 other people, including a 16-year-old, forming a robbery gang. When they discovered people walking alone at night, they approached, rode bicycles, threatened to beat them and then robbed them.

Các nghi can trong băng cướp. Ảnh: Công an cung cấp

The suspects in the robbery gang. Photo: Provided by the police

Late on June 8, this gang came up from behind and used a machete to slash the shoulder of a young man riding a scooter on Le Boi Street, District 8. The victim fell to the street, ran away in fear, and they stole the scooter.

Two days later, Huy's group kicked a girl riding a motorbike on Bui Van Su Street (Quy Duc Commune, Binh Chanh District), causing the victim to fall into a rice field. When the girl shouted for help, they brandished knives and threatened to slash her before escaping.

Recognizing the dangerous nature of the gang, the Criminal Police Department deployed many detectives to capture them. Recently, the police surrounded and arrested Huy and his accomplices.

Initially, the suspects admitted that since March, they have committed 12 robberies, stealing 6 motorbikes, 6 phones and many other properties in Districts 7, 8 and Binh Chanh District. The victims were mainly women and some traders at Binh Dien wholesale market.

Police have detained Nguyen Van Toan (48 years old, from Long An) and Nguyen Tung Cang (46 years old) on charges of receiving property obtained through crime.