Pretending to be a police officer, he stopped a woman on the street to rob her.
Standing on a deserted road, Lap used a flashlight to stop women on the street to check their papers, then used a weapon to threaten and rob them of their property.
On January 23, Tan An City Police (Long An) detained Nguyen Duc Lap (26 years old) to investigate the act of Robbery.
According to the investigation agency, on the night of December 29, 2015, Lap installed a fake license plate and went to Pham Van Dien Street, Tan An City. He stood on the sidewalk, used a flashlight to stop the 35-year-old woman, and checked her papers.
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Police took Lap to reconstruct the scene. |
As soon as she stopped the car, Lap pulled out the keys and pointed a weapon at her, demanding that she give him all her money or he would stab her. The victim was so scared that she took out nearly 500,000 VND and a pair of earrings and gave them to Lap.
On January 22, while on patrol, the police found a young man matching the victim’s description and took Lap to the police station. After a struggle, he admitted to pretending to be a police officer and stopping a pedestrian to rob him. The police are expanding their investigation to find more victims of this man./.
According to VnExpress