Threatening 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 case 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 12:00 on October 3, while patrolling the inter-village road in hamlet 16, Nghi Truong commune, the Nghi Loc district police task force discovered two suspects riding a motorbike with suspicious signs of dog theft, so they surrounded and arrested them.

When they discovered the police were chasing them, Le Viet Dat and Dang Ba Dat used the knives they were carrying to threaten to attack the police in an attempt to escape. However, the task force quickly subdued 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 Head of Nghi Loc District Police said that the act of using a knife to threaten to attack the police by these two subjects is not enough to constitute the crime of Resisting a Person on Official Duty. The police agency will include it in the case file as an aggravating factor.