Needing money to spend, a handsome man broke into a gold shop and a phone store.
(Baonghean.vn) - Nguyen Van Thanh broke into many gold, silver, and phone stores in Vinh city and stole many items worth hundreds of millions of dong.
The Criminal Police Team, Vinh City Police, said that the unit had just successfully broken up a property theft case, arresting Nguyen Van Thanh (born 1996), residing in Dai Dong commune, Thanh Chuong district.
Previously, through reports from the people, Vinh City Police received many cases of property theft in gold shops in the area. A special project was established to combat.
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The scene and evidence were discovered and seized by the police. Photo: Quynh Trang - Trong Tuan |
After a period of investigation and zoning in on the subjects, on May 18, 2022, the Special Task Force successfully broke the case, arresting Nguyen Van Thanh (born in 1996), residing in Dai Dong commune, Thanh Chuong district, for breaking into gold shops in Vinh city to steal property.
Through searching the suspect's residence, the authorities seized many bracelets and gold and silver necklaces.
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Subject Nguyen Van Thanh. Photo: Quynh Trang |
Specifically, on the evening of February 18, 2022, Nguyen Van Thanh broke into Kim Cong gold and silver store (No. 272 Truong Chinh Street, Le Loi Ward, Vinh City), cut the door, broke the glass and took 13 trays containing many rings, bracelets and Pixiu... worth nearly 200 million VND. Not stopping there, the subject continued to go to another gold store in Le Loi Ward to break the lock in an attempt to steal property, but was discovered by the homeowner, so the subject ran away.
Previously, on December 27, 2021, Nguyen Van Thanh also broke into the Vinh Smart phone store (No. 89, Ly Tu Trong Street, Vinh City) and stole 10 mobile phones and 5 iPads along with many other accessories worth nearly 100 million VND.
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Camera footage captured Thanh committing a theft at a phone store. |
At the investigation agency, the subject admitted his crime. He confessed that because he had no stable job and loved to play, he stole to get money to spend. Nguyen Van Thanh is quite handsome, followed his friends early, had a criminal record for theft, and had just finished his prison term not long ago.
The case is currently under further investigation.
