Arrested 2 subjects specializing in snatching property of passersby in Vinh City
(Baonghean.vn) - Hoang Anh and The Danh drove a motorbike with a fake license plate. When they saw their "prey", they immediately approached, quickly snatched their belongings, and then sped away.
Vinh City Police said they are temporarily detaining Nguyen Hoang Anh (born in 1994, residing in Bac Hai block, Nghi Hoa ward, Cua Lo town) and Le The Danh (born in 1994, residing in Hai Giang 2 block, Nghi Hai ward, Cua Lo town) to investigate and clarify the act of robbery. Hoang Anh and The Danh are both drug addicts with previous convictions for robbery.
At the police station, the two subjects initially confessed to having committed 13 robberies of pedestrians in Vinh City in the recent past. The total value of the stolen property was more than 60 million VND, mainly mobile phones.
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| 2 subjects Nguyen Hoang Anh and Le The Danh. Photo: PB |
Previously, on February 12, 2020, Ms. Dang Thi N. (born in 1992, residing in Vinh Tan ward, Vinh city) was driving a motorbike on Pham Hong Thai street (Vinh city) when two subjects on a motorbike followed. When reaching a deserted road, the motorbike sped up, and the subject sitting behind quickly snatched the Iphone X from Ms. N's back pocket.
On February 23, 2020, Ms. Hoang Thi O. (born in 1986, residing in Nghi Lien commune, Vinh city) was driving a motorbike on Ho Tung Mau street, opposite Giao Te hotel when two young men on a motorbike approached her, snatched her phone and ran away.
After the victims reported, Vinh City Police established Project 220G to fight and arrest the subject.
On March 1, 2020, in Le Loi ward (Vinh city), when Hoang Anh and The Danh had just changed the license plate of their car to a fake one and were about to commit a robbery, they were arrested by the police.
“The modus operandi of these two subjects is to wear masks, install fake license plates, drive around on the roads, and when they encounter their “prey”, they follow closely. When they reach a deserted road, they speed up, approach, and quickly snatch the property. In particular, they ride their motorbikes very fast, making it very difficult to catch up. After snatching the property, they sell it to get money to spend and buy drugs,” said an investigator.
