Young man arrested for breaking into 2 ATMs to get money

Previously, at 8:00 a.m. on November 2, 2024, Thai Hoa Town Police received a report from Sacombank and Vietcombank, Thai Hoa Branch, located in Hoa Hieu Ward, Thai Hoa Town, about two bank ATMs being broken into by thieves.

Upon receiving the news, Thai Hoa Town Police quickly arrived at the scene, took witness statements, examined the scene, and extracted cameras from the ATM and surrounding systems to investigate.tracking down suspects.

Through security camera extraction, the Thai Hoa town police working group determined that at about 1:30 a.m. on November 2, 2024, a male subject, wearing a hooded shirt, masked, driving a Honda Future motorbike, went to the ATM of Sacombank and used a sharp object (suspected to be a knife) to break it. The subject then moved and continued to perform the above act at the ATM of Vietcombank, but was unable to get any money.

In just one day of investigation, verification, synchronous use of professional measures and tracking of the subject's traces left at the scene, at 11:00 a.m. on November 3, 2024, the Investigation Police Agency of Thai Hoa Town Police issued an Emergency Detention Order for Ho Viet Anh (born 2001), residing in Nghia Thinh Commune, Nghia Dan District, for the act of breaking into the above 2 ATMs, and at the same time seized 1 motorbike, 1 sword and a number of other objects and documents related to the case.

At the investigation agency, Ho Viet Anh confessed that due to his passion for gambling and not having enough money to spend, he broke into the ATM to steal money. The case is currently being further investigated and clarified by the Thai Hoa Town Police.