Arrested 2 young men specializing in robbing women's gold necklaces in Nghe An countryside

Do Luong District Police said that the unit is temporarily detaining two subjects Phan Van Hung (born 1992) and Dau Trong Hung (born 1995, both residing in Dai Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District) for the act of snatching property from passersby.

Previously, Do Luong District Police received many reports from people about two masked men riding motorbikes who approached them and robbed them on the street. Considering the subjects' actions were reckless, Do Luong Police established a special project to investigate.

Images of 2 subjects recorded by camera while "hunting". Photo: NH

After many days of surveillance, on November 21, these two subjects were arrested by the police in Do Luong district while looking for "prey" to rob.

At the investigation agency, the two suspects confessed that from June to November 2019, they had committed 11 robberies of women on the street (mainly gold necklaces) in the districts of Yen Thanh, Do Luong, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, Cua Lo town and Vinh city.

The modus operandi of these subjects is to walk along the streets, when they see their “prey” wearing a gold chain around their neck, they immediately approach and snatch the gold chain. They quickly speed away on their motorbikes, escaping to the helpless cries of the victim.

Women wearing gold necklaces around their necks are the targets of these two groups. Photo: NH

Do Luong District Police later recovered five gold necklaces that the two suspects had robbed from gold shops in Con Cuong, Yen Thanh, and Nghi Loc districts. The total value was over 130 million VND.

The case is currently being further investigated by the Investigation Police Department of Do Luong District.