Ceiling broken, roped to break safe, stole more than 120 million VND in electronics store

Earlier in the morning of the same day, an employee of FPT Shop (National Highway 1K, Linh Xuan Ward, Thu Duc District) checked the camera system and discovered a masked subject, cutting through the store's plaster ceiling and climbing down with a rope to break the safe, so he reported it to the police.

The man dug into the ceiling of the store and then climbed down on a rope to break the safe and steal property.

Upon receiving the news, the working group of Thu Duc District Police quickly arrived at the scene to carry out the arrest. When the store door was opened, the working group rushed in, the subject was wearing a backpack and tried to run away but was restrained.

At the scene, a rectangular hole was cut into the plaster ceiling of the store, just enough for a person to crawl through, through which a 3-4 meter long rope was hanging down. A safe nearby was damaged, and the money inside, more than 120 million VND, was gone.

The time of being controlled by the police.

Checking the backpack of the subject, the police seized more than 120 million and some other evidence such as pliers and knives. The subject and the evidence were taken to headquarters.

At the investigation agency, the suspect Nguyen Van Cong had a previous conviction for “theft of property”. Cong’s theft was similar to some other recent thefts. Thu Duc District Police suspected that Cong had committed many other thefts, so they organized an investigation to clarify the matter.