Traffic police persuaded robber to drop knife while controlling mother and child on bus

Colonel Pham Hong Suong - Head of Tuy An District Police (Phu Yen) said that on January 30, this agency issued an emergency arrest warrant and decided to temporarily detain Huynh Thanh Tung, nicknamed Tung Chua (born in 1988), residing in Gia An village, Pho Phong commune, Duc Pho town (Quang Ngai).

Subject Huynh Thanh Tung after being arrested. Photo: Huu Toan

At about 2:00 p.m. on January 29, while Ms. Huynh Thi Hoa (born in 1979), residing in Quarter 5, Ward 9, Tuy Hoa City, was driving an Attila motorbike with license plate 47H1-299.33 on National Highway 1A across Lo Voi Bridge in Xuan Tho 2 Commune, Song Cau Town, a young man riding an Exiter motorbike with license plate 59S1-822.90 approached from behind.snatchhandbag, inside has 3.7 million dong.

Hearing Mrs. Hoa's screams, some locals and the Xuan Tho 2 Commune Police chased after her. The young man turned his motorbike around and drove back north on National Highway 1A to Xuan Canh Commune, Song Cau Town. When he reached the area of ​​Xuan Canh Commune, Song Cau Town, he discovered that there were police officers ahead, so he quickly turned back south.

The switchblade used by Huynh Thanh Tung to control the woman. Photo: Huu Toan

A criminal investigation team of Song Cau town police pursued the suspect for a long distance, but his "speed racing" caused many car and motorbike drivers on National Highway 1A to move aside to avoid an accident.

When arriving at the intersection of National Highway 1A - Provincial Road 643 in Phu Long village, An My commune, Tuy An district, motorbike 59S1-822.90 ran out of gas, the young man abandoned the motorbike on the road and blocked the way of a woman driving a Wave motorbike coming from behind.

The motorbike Tung stole to escape. Photo: Huu Toan

After knocking the woman down, the man pulled a switchblade from his pocket, rushed forward to control her, then stole her motorbike with license plate 78H3-8462 and continued to run south.Faced with that situation, Song Cau Town Police and Tuy An District Police urgently notified units and localities on National Highway 1A in the South of Phu Yen to coordinate in intercepting. Immediately, Lieutenant Colonel Vo Hung Tuong - Head of Traffic Police Department of Phu Yen Provincial Police and Lieutenant Colonel Tran Khac Quang - Head of Dong Hoa Town Police directed the traffic control patrol team and a criminal investigation team of the two units to deploy a plan to arrest the young man wearing a dark blue jacket and gray fabric pants.

Huynh Thanh Tung's ID card and motorbike driving license. Photo: Huu Toan

While checking along National Highway 1A through Hoa Xuan Dong Commune, Dong Hoa Town, criminal investigators discovered a motorbike with license plate 78H3-8462 abandoned on the side of the road. Believing that the suspect had likely boarded a passenger car to continue his escape, the patrol team of the Traffic Police Department of Phu Yen Province, led by Captain Le Thai Chau, inspected three passenger cars traveling from the North on the route from km 1310+00 to km 1366+546 in Phu Khe 2 Village, Hoa Xuan Dong Commune, Dong Hoa Town.

Discovering a robber holding a knife and holding a woman holding a child on a 24-seat passenger bus as a “hostage”, the traffic police patrol team patiently persuaded and persuaded the subject to drop the knife, get out of the bus and surrender at 3:30 p.m. the same day.

Subject Huynh Thanh Tung was once sentenced to 5 years in prison for the crime of "Robbery".

Along with seizing a switchblade and a motorbike with license plate 78H3-8462, Dong Hoa Town Police also discovered in the suspect's leather wallet a credit card, ID card, and driver's license in the name of Huynh Thanh Tung...

It is known that at the end of August 2013, Huynh Thanh Tung committed the crime of "Robbery" and was sentenced to 5 years in prison by the People's Court of Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City in the judgment No. 244/2014/HSST dated July 23, 2014. He was not released from My Phuoc Prison - Ministry of Public Security in Tien Giang province until August 19, 2018 after completing his prison sentence./.