Robber and girlfriend prosecuted in bank robbery shooting in Hai Phong

Minh Khang - Nguyen Hue• DNUM_CFZABZCACC 06:59

Hai Phong City Police Department prosecuted and temporarily detained Nguyen Van Nam and his girlfriend to investigate the shooting and robbery of more than 3 billion VND at Vietcombank.

On the afternoon of January 24, Colonel Le Hong Thang - Head of the Criminal Police Department - Hai Phong City Police said that the City Police Department's Investigation Police Agency had initiated a case, prosecuted the accused and temporarily detained Nguyen Van Nam (born in 1998, residing in Nghia Lo commune, Cat Hai district, Hai Phong) for 4 months to investigate the crime of "Robbery".

At the same time, the Hai Phong City Police Department also issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Tran Thi Thu Thuy (Nam's girlfriend) for 2 months to investigate the act of "Concealing a crime".

The subject was arrested.

Previously, at 3:00 p.m. on January 7, Nguyen Van Nam went to the Vietcombank transaction counter on Dinh Vu Street (Dong Hai 2 Ward, Hai An, Hai Phong) and pulled out a gun to threaten the bank staff, demanding money.

At the police station, Nam confessed that while controlling the bank employees, he used explosives to intimidate them.

After robbing more than 3 billion VND, Nam went out of the bank and tried to control a car driver but failed. Then, Nam threatened the bank guard with a gun, took the motorbike key and fled towards Tan Vu overpass.

Running to Tan Vu - Lach Huyen overpass, he left his motorbike and hired a taxi to take him home. Nam buried some money at the base of a tree in the house, then gave his girlfriend, Tran Thi Thu Thuy (22 years old, from Hai Phong), some money, telling her "I'm going away for a few days". After that, he moved to Vinh Phuc to rent a room.

Nam dùng súng uy hiếp nhân viên ngân hàng cướp hơn 3 tỷ đồng.

Man used gun to threaten bank employee and robbed more than 3 billion dong.

On January 8, Nam went to Hanoi to buy a large-displacement motorbike with a listed price of more than 700 million VND and then moved to Thai Nguyen.

At 11pm on January 8, at Bac Son motel (Bac Son ward, Pho Yen town, Thai Nguyen province), the police force arrested Nguyen Van Nam. Searching the suspect's person and residence, the police force seized 2 guns, 40 bullets, 1 motorbike, 1 phone and 1.2 billion VND (800 million VND when searching the motel and 400 million VND buried in the backyard).