Arrested 2 leaders of a transnational motorcycle theft and consumption ring

Previously, from May 29 to June 9, 2024, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Police presided over and coordinated with the Police of provinces and cities; Ha Tien Border Guard Station; Professional Department of Provincial Police and Police of Do Luong, Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Nam Dan districts (Nghe An) to successfully break up a case of theft and consumption of stolen motorbikes between provinces and across the country, simultaneously arresting 12 subjects who committed the acts of theft and consumption of stolen property created and operated by Ly Nhat Quy Cuong (born 1998), residing in Tran De district, Soc Trang province.

Confiscated evidence included 75 motorbikes of various types, 2 trucks; 5 lock-breaking clamps; 25 mobile phones; 2 laptops; 3 notebooks and many related evidences.It is worth mentioning that the number of vehicles seized by the Police Agency was gathered by the subjects only 150m from the Vietnam - Cambodia border and prepared to be transported by illegal routes from the Ha Tien border area (Kien Giang province) to Cambodia for sale. This is the largest vehicle theft and sale of stolen property case that Nghe An Police has cracked down on since the beginning of the year.

Expanding the investigation, on July 25, 2024, in Ha Dinh ward, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi city, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An province presided over and coordinated with the Criminal Police Department of Hanoi city police to arrest 2 more subjects for property theft: Nguyen Van Cuong (born in 1987) residing in Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province and Le Dinh Giang (born in 1989) residing in Cam Thuy district, Thanh Hoa province. The exhibits seized by the police include: 4 sets of lock breaking clamps, 6 phones and 2 GPS trackers mounted on motorbikes to prevent the victims from installing GPS trackers to find out where the motorbikes are hidden and sold.

Cuong and Giang are two notorious criminals, each with four previous convictions for theft. They are also the two leaders of a gang that stole dozens of motorbikes in Hanoi under the control of Ly Nhat Quy Cuong. After learning that their accomplices were arrested, the two quickly moved, changed their SIM cards, phones, and deleted their social media accounts and bank accounts to avoid being caught by the police. However, with the spirit of fighting and suppressing crime to the end of the police force, the two criminals fell into the net of the law.

Currently, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province is detaining Nguyen Van Cuong and Le Dinh Giang, while expanding the investigation.