Rescue of the kidnapped deputy director who demanded a ransom of 10 billion VND

On May 13, news from Hau Giang Provincial Police said the unit had just coordinated with related units to successfully crack down on the case.kidnapappropriation of property occurred in the area.

Accordingly, at around 11:00 a.m. on May 11, Chau Thanh A District Police (Hau Giang Province) received a report that Mr. MVC (Deputy Director of a consulting, design, and interior and exterior construction company in Can Tho City) was kidnapped after arriving in Chau Thanh A District on May 10 to meet a client. The kidnappers contacted Mr. C's family and demanded a ransom of 10 billion VND.

Concerned for the victim's safety, the family transferred 44.5 million VND in advance to the account provided by the criminal group.

Upon receiving the news, Hau Giang Provincial Police proactively coordinated with the Departments of Professional Affairs under the Ministry of Public Security, the Police of Can Tho, Vinh Long, Dong Thap provinces... and Ho Chi Minh City to solve the case.

At the same time, nearly 100 officers and soldiers were mobilized, divided into many working groups, to track down hot traces and verify the victims' personal relationships, and simultaneously deploy professional measures.

By 4 p.m. the same day, the police identified the two masterminds as two brothers: Nguyen Huu Nghia (born 1977) and Nguyen Thanh Nguyen (born 1987) - both residing in An Nhon commune, Chau Thanh district, Dong Thap province. Both were hiding in Vinh Long province.

At 0:10 on May 12, the police arrested Nghia in Luc Sy Thanh commune, Tra On district (Vinh Long). Through quick investigation, Nghia confessed that the place where the victim was being held was a house in Tan Hung hamlet (Tan Hanh commune, Long Ho district, Vinh Long province).

At 0:40 on May 12, reconnaissance teams approached, surrounded, and deployed a plan to rescue the hostages.

Realizing he was surrounded, Nguyen Thanh Nguyen used a knife to control the victim, demanded a car and released Nghia to take the hostage and escape.

Although the authorities have called on and persuaded the suspect to drop his weapon to enjoy leniency, Nguyen remains stubborn and threatens to kill the hostage.

At 3:20 a.m., taking advantage of the subject's lack of vigilance, Lieutenant Colonel Huynh Minh Tho - Head of the Criminal Police Department of Hau Giang Provincial Police, along with detectives, swooped in to control Nguyen and safely rescued the hostage.

At 6:00 a.m. on May 13, detectives arrested accomplices including Nguyen Quoc Thanh (born in 1987, residing in Phu Thu ward, Cai Rang district, Can Tho city) and Ly Minh Chanh (born in 1978, living as a vagrant) while they were hiding in Can Tho city and Dong Nai province.

At the police station, this group confessed that due to drug addiction and no money to spend, seeing that Mr. C. was the deputy director of the company and his family was well off, they discussed kidnapping him to demand ransom.

First, the group used fake documents to rent a house in Long Ho district (Vinh Long province). Then, on May 9, the group continued to use fake documents to rent another house in Tan Phu Thanh residential area (Chau Thanh A district, Hau Giang province) and then contacted Mr. C. to come and make an interior decoration contract.

At 3:00 p.m. on May 10, when Mr. C. arrived at the rented house in Hau Giang province, they used pepper spray to control him, took all his belongings, and put the victim in a car to take him back to the rented house in Vinh Long province.

On the morning of May 11, the kidnapping group used Mr. C's mobile phone and social media to contact his family many times, demanding a ransom of 10 billion VND.