Vinh City Police arrested a subject who robbed 4 phone cards.

Regarding the incident in which a phone card store in Vinh city, Nghe An province was robbed of phone cards by a stranger in the past few days, Vinh city police said that on the afternoon of September 17, 2022, detectives successfully arrested the subject and transferred him to the investigation agency.

Subject Hoang at the investigation agency. Photo: Quynh Trang

Accordingly, at about 5:30 p.m. on September 15, 2022, at the phone card store of Mr. Le Quang Huy (No. 26 Le Viet Thuat Street, Hung Loc Commune, Vinh City), a young man came in and asked to buy 4 phone top-up cards, each worth 500,000 VND.

After holding the phone cards in his hand, the young man "stalled" by pretending to pay via the Smart Banking app. Taking advantage of the shop owner's inattention, he stole the phone cards and escaped on a motorbike.

Receiving information from the people, Vinh City Police have begun investigating and verifying.

At 1:00 p.m. on September 17, 2022, the authorities captured the suspect while he was hiding at a hotel in Vinh city.

Subject Cao Xuan Hoang. Photo: Doan Hoa

The subject is Cao Xuan Hoang (born in 1990, residing in village 6, Cao Son commune, Anh Son district, Nghe An province). At the investigation agency, the subject confessed that because of his game addiction, he stole phone scratch cards to top up his account.

It is known that Hoang has a criminal record, having just completed his prison term for robbery and is now back to his old ways.

Currently, Vinh City Police are criminally detaining Cao Xuan Hoang for further investigation.

Previously, according to information posted on social networks, at 5:45 p.m. on September 15, a young man went to a kiosk to buy 4 phone scratch cards, worth 500,000 VND, but then ran away without paying. Immediately, the salesman rushed out into the street to chase after him, however, the young man managed to get on his motorbike, revved up and drove away./.