Using a 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 be dizzy, and then robbed him.
On September 13, Vinh City Police announced that the Investigation Police Agency has 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, Penal Code 2015.
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Subject Nguyen Phi Hung. Photo: Ngoc Diep |
According to the records, at 1:00 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 pipe of tobacco available at the shop, stood behind Mr. D. and hit him hard on the back of the neck, causing him to be dizzy, then stole his phone and wallet containing 7,348,000 VND.
The Criminal Police Department of Vinh City Police investigated and collected evidence. Using professional measures, at 8:00 p.m. the same day, Hung was arrested 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 was a hired truck driver before committing the crime.