Using a tobacco pipe to hit a customer drinking coffee to steal their wallet
(Baonghean.vn) - At a coffee shop, Hung used a tobacco pipe to attack a customer, causing him to feel dizzy, then robbed him of his property.
On September 13, Vinh City Police announced that the Investigation Police Agency had just prosecuted and temporarily detained Nguyen Phi Hung (born in 1984, residing in Vinh City) for 4 months for the crime of "Robbery", according to Article 168 of the 2015 Penal Code.
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Subject Nguyen Phi Hung. Photo: Ngoc Diep |
According to the records, at 1 p.m. on September 10, Nguyen Phi Hung went to a coffee shop on Pham Dinh Toai Street (Vinh City). At the shop, Hung saw NV D (born in 1990, residing in Hanoi) sitting alone with an iPhone and a leather wallet on the table, so Hung had the idea of robbing him.
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The amount of property that Hung robbed from Mr. D. Photo: Ngoc Diep |
Hung grabbed a tobacco pipe available at the shop, stood behind Mr. D. and hit him hard on the back of the neck, causing him to become dizzy, then stole his phone and wallet containing 7,348,000 VND.
The Criminal Police Team of Vinh City Police stepped in to verify and collect evidence. Using professional measures, at 8:00 p.m. the same day, they arrested Hung while he was hiding in Nghi Phu Commune, Vinh City.
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The pipe Hung used to hit Mr. D. Photo: Ngoc Diep |
According to the police, Hung was a drug addict and worked as a hired truck driver before committing the crime.