Two women arrested for kidnapping a 7-year-old girl to pressure debt collectors.
Authorities have arrested two women who kidnapped a 7-year-old girl in order to pressure her mother into paying a 50 million VND debt.
The Long An Provincial Police, along with the Thạnh Đức Commune Police (Bến Lức District), coordinated with the Criminal Police Department to set up a roadblock and arrest two women for illegal activities.child abductionin Tay Ninh province.
The two people arrested are: Nguyen Thi Hoa (58 years old, residing in Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau province) and Nguyen Thi Huynh Lan (54 years old, residing in Cho Lach district, Ben Tre province).
According to initial investigations, Hoa and Lan had previously worked together in a trade fair group owned by Ms. T. (residing in Tay Ninh), operating in Ben Tre. During their time working together, Ms. Lan lent Ms. T. 50 million VND. After the trade fair group moved locations, Ms. T. prevented Hoa and Lan from working with her and showed signs of avoiding contact and failing to repay the debt.
On the afternoon of May 20th, these two women rode their motorbike to the house of Ms. T.'s father in Thanh Dien commune, Chau Thanh district (Tay Ninh province) to look for her, but they couldn't find her. They also tried calling Ms. T. but couldn't reach her.
Upon discovering that N. (7 years old, Ms. T.'s daughter) was at home, the two women hatched a plan to kidnap the child to pressure Ms. T. into paying the ransom. Hoa and Lan deceived Ms. T.'s father, luring the girl into their car under the pretext of taking her to buy bubble tea, then drove her away from the area, intending to take her to Vinh Long.
At approximately 4:25 PM on the same day, the Long An Provincial Police, in coordination with other functional forces, set up a roadblock and arrested the two suspects as they were traveling through Thanh Duc commune. The child was rescued safely.
The two suspects are being held in custody pending handover to the Tay Ninh Provincial Police for further investigation and processing according to their jurisdiction. Baby N. has been taken by authorities for a health check-up and is currently in stable condition, awaiting handover to her family.
