Arrested Toan 'Tuong' - a loan shark disguised as a self-drive car rental company in Vinh city.
(Baonghean.vn) - Toan is a dangerous criminal, with 5 previous convictions for loan sharking. In particular, he regularly uses synthetic drugs, and has shown signs of being “high” many times, making people very worried and insecure.
Vinh City Police have just initiated a case and detained Nguyen Van Toan (commonly known as Toan Tuong), born in 1972, residing in Hamlet 8, Nghi Kim Commune, Vinh City to investigate and clarify his criminal acts.
Previously, through the work of grasping the situation in Vinh city, criminal detectives of Vinh city police saw the subject Toan Tuong emerge.There are “black credit” activities. Many people who come to borrow money from Toan are often threatened, beaten, and controlled, but they are afraid of retaliation so they do not report to the police.
Vinh City Police have established a special project to concentrate the maximum force of the Criminal Police to quickly arrest this subject. After receiving the consent of the Provincial Police leadership, along with the collected documents and evidence, on July 13, 2020, the Investigation Police Agency arrested Nguyen Van Toan for illegal detention and usury in civil transactions.
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Weapons seized at Nguyen Van Toan's house. Photo: Duc Vu |
Searching Toan's residence, the police seized 1 homemade gun, 3 long swords, 1 package of synthetic drugs, 2 cars, 3 books recording the names of debtors, and about 300 loan papers with the amount of 6 billion VND.
Toan's behavior and methods were extremely reckless and dangerous. Many victims were beaten by Toan.
Previously, on February 16, 2020, Mr. NVH, residing in Vinh city, went to Nguyen Van Toan's wife's house to ask for a loan. Toan forced him into the house and locked the door. Toan used a knife and gun to threaten him, beat him, causing injuries, and illegally held him from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the same day. When Toan's wife came home and opened the door, Mr. H. managed to escape with many injuries on his body. Fearing retaliation, Mr. H. did not dare to report to the police.
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| Vinh City Police executed a search warrant at Nguyen Van Toan's residence in Nghi Kim Commune, Vinh City. Photo: Duc Vu |
According to police documents, Nguyen Van Toan opened a car rental company, but mainly operated loan sharking activities, regularly used crystal meth, and repeatedly beat his wife while high on drugs, making the neighborhood very insecure and not daring to intervene.
