Threatened police with knife when being surrounded and arrested for stealing dogs

Subject Dang Ba Dat. Photo: PT

On the morning of October 5, Nghi Loc District Police said that the unit is completing the file to prosecute Le Viet Dat (born in 1995, residing in block 14, Nghi Huong ward, Cua Lo town) and Dang Ba Dat (born in 1994, residing in hamlet 2, Nghi Thach commune, Nghi Loc district) for theft of property.

Previously, at around 12 noon on October 3, while patrolling the inter-village road in hamlet 16, Nghi Truong commune, the Nghi Loc district police working group discovered two suspects riding a motorbike with signs of suspected dog theft, so they proceeded to arrest them.

When they discovered the police were chasing them, Le Viet Dat and Dang Ba Dat used the knives they carried to threaten to attack the police in an attempt to escape. However, the task force quickly controlled and arrested the two subjects.

Subject Le Viet Dat. Photo: PT

At the scene, police seized 1 motorbike, 2 dogs weighing 35 kg, 1 sharp knife 90 cm long, 6 pieces of meat soaked in poison.

Le Viet Dat confessed that he and Dang Ba Dat committed more than 11 dog thefts in areas such as Nghi Loc, Cua Lo Town, and Vinh City.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Nhan - Deputy Chief of Nghi Loc District Police said that the two subjects' act of using a knife to threaten to attack the police was not enough to constitute the crime of Resisting a Person on Official Duty. The police will include it in the file as an aggravating factor.