Arrested 2 thieves, robbed pedestrians and public works

On April 11, 2022, Nghi Loc District Police, Nghe An Province announced: The District Police Investigation Agency is temporarily detaining two suspects: Tran Cong Ta (born in 1986), residing in Nghi Yen Commune, Nghi Loc District, for the act ofrobberyand Tran Van Cong (born in 1983), residing in Nghi Phuong commune, Nghi Loc district, for theft of property to investigate and expand the case.

Subject Tran Cong Ta. Photo: Thuy Anh

Accordingly, recently, in Nghi Loc district and neighboring areas, there have been many cases of snatching property of people traveling on the road and some cases of theft of property at public works, causing panic, anxiety and anger among the people. In this situation, Nghi Loc district police have established a special project to concentrate forces to fight and arrest the perpetrators.

After a period of synchronous use of professional measures, on April 9, 2022, the Criminal Investigation Police Team on criminal, economic and drug crimes of Nghi Loc District Police coordinated with related forces to successfully crack down on a robbery and theft case, arresting two subjects Tran Cong Ta for robbery and Tran Van Cong for theft.

The vehicle that Ta used to rob property. Photo: Thuy Anh

At the investigation agency, initially, the subject Tran Cong Ta confessed that in order to have money to spend and buy drugs to use from the beginning of March 2022 until now, Ta has directly caused 10 robberies (including money and mobile phones) of passersby in Nghi Loc, Dien Chau districts and Cua Lo town with a total value of over 100 million VND. Previously, this subject had 2 previous convictions for robbery.

Subject Tran Van Cong with evidence at the scene. Photo: Thuy Anh

Tran Van Cong also confessed to having committed 3 thefts of property at public works of the State. Typically, on the evening of April 6, 2022, Tran Van Cong stole 10 iron nets to block trash and drain water at the overpass of National Highway 1A in Quan Hanh town.

Evidence seized in the case included: 4 mobile phones, 1 motorbike, 1 handbag, 10 iron nets and 10 million VND.

The project is still being fought and expanded.