Impersonating police, driving car to arrest lottery players, forcing them to pay money

The subjects drove to lottery points to catch people red-handed writing numbers, then forced the victims into the car and forced them to pay money to avoid prosecution.

On November 27, the Criminal Police Department, Quang Ninh Provincial Police temporarily detained 3 suspects for extortion.

Subjects at the police station

Initial information, from November 12, 3 subjects including Tran Manh Cuong, Nguyen Duc Anh and Bui Huy Thang, all residing in Ha Long city, impersonated police officers to threaten and extort property from lottery sellers and bookmakers in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province.

These subjects have appropriated nearly 50 million VND. Their modus operandi is to use a car with license plate 14A-266.43 to go to lottery sales points, posing as police or criminal police, to pretend to catch the victims red-handed writing lottery numbers, forcing them into the car, confiscating all their books, phones and money, then threatening to force them to pay money or they will be prosecuted. There are cases where the subjects extorted nearly 10 million VND.

Police seized evidence

The police seized 3 cars, 3 phones, nearly 70 million VND and many other evidences related to the criminal acts of this group of subjects.

The Investigation Police Agency of Quang Ninh Province is continuing to investigate and clarify the behavior of the above 3 subjects to handle them according to the provisions of law./.

According to VOV