Man arrested for poisoning fish out of revenge.

As previously reported by Nghe An Newspaper, on November 19, 2024, the police of Dinh Son commune (Anh Son district) received a report from four households in Bai Say village, Dinh Son commune, regarding a mass fish kill in their adjacent fish ponds, suspected to be due to poisoning.

The Anh Son District Police and related units are conducting a scene investigation and verification to clarify the matter.

Preliminary assessments indicate a massive number of fish were lost, including various species such as black carp, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, common carp, tilapia, etc., and it is suspected that the fish died from poisoning.

The damaged fish pond area is located in a remote hilly region, far from residential areas, making the tracing and verification process very difficult.

Following an investigation, the Anh Son District Police identified the perpetrator as Nguyen Minh Hoi, born in 1983, residing in Cam Thang village, Cam Son commune, Anh Son district. Initially, Hoi confessed that due to a misunderstanding with the family of Mr. Vo Van Ng. regarding an incident from May 2024, he searched online to buy fish poison.

Taking advantage of the fact that on November 18, 2024, Bai Say village was holding the National Unity Day celebration, and Mr. Ng.'s family did not go to the farm to check on their fish pond, Hoi committed the act of releasing fish poison into Mr. Ng.'s pond, causing the poison to spread to many other ponds and resulting in mass fish deaths.

Hoi's tactic was to hide in the woods, throw plastic bottles containing fish poison into Mr. Ng's pond, and then use a CPC sports rifle to shoot holes in the bottles so the poison would spill out.

To date, the Anh Son District Police have estimated the number of dead fish at 1.3 tons.

The Anh Son District Police Investigation Agency is currently holding the suspect in custody for further processing according to regulations.