Arrested 2 suspects of stealing telecommunication cables

Thang and Thuan confessed that they took advantage of a moment when the security guard was not using the equipment to sneak into the factory, used an axe to cut the electrical cables that were placed underground in the wastewater pond but were not yet in use, and used a motorbike to transport them away and hide them.

Da Lat City Police (Lam Dong) has just issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and temporarily detain Nguyen Van Thang (22 years old, from Nghe An) and Duong Quang Thuan (23 years old, residing in Ward 7, Da Lat City) for theft of property.

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According to Da Lat City Police, from January 2017 to now, Thang and Thuan have committed more than 10 cases of cutting and stealing telecommunication and electric cables in Da Lat City. On April 13, when Thang and Thuan were burning electric cables to get copper cores at the old Ma Thanh area (now the Lam Dong province cultural and sports project, on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh street), they were caught red-handed.

Evidence collected at the scene included about 82 kg of copper core of 3-phase underground electric cable of Da Lat Wastewater Treatment Plant (Ward 6), many cable cutting tools and motorbike 49V3-6888 used to transport electric cable.

Thang and Thuan confessed that they took advantage of a moment when the security guard was not using the equipment to sneak into the factory, used an axe to cut the electrical cables that were placed underground through the wastewater pond but were not yet in use, and used a motorbike to transport them away and hide them. When convenient, they cut them short and burned the copper cores to sell to the scrap purchasing facility of Le Van Hai (46 years old, residing on Kim Dong Street, Ward 6) and his wife.

The estimated damage caused by Thang and Thuan is about 400 million VND. Thang and Thuan both have previous convictions for theft.

According to Thanh Nien