Arrested wanted suspect, found guns and ammunition
The Investigation Police Agency (IPA) has arrested the wanted suspect Le Xuan Thang (born 1981) for fraud and property appropriation.
Initial information, around September 2022, Le Xuan Thang and Ms. TTH (born in 1981, residing in Chon Thanh Town, Binh Phuoc Province) lived together as husband and wife.
Taking advantage of Ms. H.'s trust, knowing that she had 3 plots of land, Thang enticed and deceived Ms. H. into using these 3 Land Use Right Certificates as collateral to borrow 8 billion VND, then appropriated and spent them for personal use. Ms. H. did not know about this mortgage, and unintentionally, caused Ms. H. to be unable to redeem her property, losing the legal right to use 3 plots of land worth more than 16.3 billion VND.
On March 21, 2024, the Investigation Police Agency of Binh Phuoc Province issued a decision to temporarily suspend exit from the country; prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and issue an arrest warrant to detain Le Xuan Thang for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property”However, Thang escaped.
On October 12, the Investigation Police Agency issued a special wanted notice for Thang for fraud and property appropriation. It is suspected that Thang hid in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, then returned to hide in Can Tho City, Ben Tre Province and Ho Chi Minh City.
At around 1:00 a.m. on December 1, a working group of the Criminal Police Department in coordination with professional units of the Ministry of Public Security, Binh Phuoc Provincial Police, and District 7 Police, Ho Chi Minh City, discovered and arrested Thang while he was hiding at a hotel in Tan Hung Ward, District 7.
When arresting Thang, the police discovered and seized a metal pistol with a magazine and 5 bullets inside, along with 22 other bullets and some related documents.
Currently, Thang has been transferred to Binh Phuoc Provincial Police for further investigation.
