The robber who stole 1.1 billion VND from Agribank has been prosecuted.
Minh, armed with a fake landmine and a BB gun, demanded that the bank employee fill his backpack with money.
On February 4th, the head of the Criminal Police Department of Bac Giang Provincial Police announced that they had issued a decision to prosecute Nguyen Duc Minh (35 years old) for the crime of robbery.
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Nguyen Duc Minh at the investigative agency. |
According to the police, at approximately 3:15 PM on January 26th, Minh rode his motorbike alone, wearing a baseball cap, face mask, and gloves, and carrying a backpack, into the Dinh Ke branch office, where four people were present at the time.
Upon entering the room, Minh took a piece of paper from his backpack that read, "I have a bomb and a gun in my bag. Put the money on the table or you'll die," and handed it to the female cashier.
Minh placed a rectangular package in front of the woman, brandished a gun, and demanded that she open the safe and hand over five stacks of 200,000 VND banknotes and one stack of 100,000 VND banknotes, instructing her to put them in a backpack. The total was 1.1 billion VND. After committing the crime, he put the gun in his backpack, went outside, and escaped on a motorbike.
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The image of Minh storming into the bank was captured by the security camera. |
Twenty hours after the incident, on January 27th, police arrested Minh while he was watching the U23 football final at his rented room.
Police searched Minh's residence and seized the motorbike he used to commit the crime, 340 million VND hidden in a car, and 560 million VND buried in his mother-in-law's garden. To date, authorities have recovered nearly 1.1 billion VND, with 20 million VND remaining that Minh spent. The gun was found in a pond.
