Car thieves parked cars on the side of the road, attached fake license plates and sold them.
Hoang Phi Long, 25 years old, hired a tow truck to steal two cars parked on the side of the road, took them to another place, repainted them, installed fake license plates, and sold them.
On September 4, Cau Giay District Police announced that they had prosecuted Long for investigation of theft of property. Long had two previous convictions for illegal trading of narcotics.drug.
Long said he did not have a stable job but had experience working in garages, so he came up with the idea of stealing a car. Seeing that there were many cars parked in the Nam Trung Yen apartment complex in Cau Giay district, Long chose this as his target.
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Two cars were stolen. |
On the evening of August 24, Long called a tow truck, claiming that the two cars parked on the sidewalk were his and hired them to take them to Thach That district. Long repaired the stolen cars, installed fake license plates, cleaned the interior and put them up for sale.
According to Cau Giay District Police, many people subjectively think that cars are not stolen like motorbikes, so they often park in the wrong place. Due to trickstheftincreasingly sophisticated, drivers should park their cars in the parking lot./.