Nghe An youth "high on drugs" prosecuted for robbing a motorbike of a mother and her child

On March 4, the Investigation Police Agency of Nam Dan District Police (Nghe An) announced that the unit has just issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute Nguyen Cao Cuong (born in 1995), residing in Block 6, Con Cuong Town, Con Cuong District (Nghe An) for the crime of "Robbery".

Subject Nguyen Cao Cuong. Photo: Bao Nguyen

Accordingly, at about 4:30 p.m. on February 22, Nam Dan District Police received a report from Ms. Dinh Thi Van (born in 1973), residing in Tien Phong hamlet, Nam Hung commune, Nam Dan district with the following content:

At around 3:35 p.m. the same day, Ms. Van led her Yamaha Nouvo motorbike with license plate 37B1-195.01, worth about 15 million VND, out of the gate to go watch a football match at Nam Hung Commune Stadium with her daughter, Nguyen Thi Tra G., when she saw a young man driving a motorbike stopping near the gate. After that, the young man got off the motorbike and gave a 50,000 VND bill to Giang. Suspecting that the bad guy intended to kidnap her daughter, Ms. Van panicked, quickly ran over, and hugged her daughter.

Immediately, the young man rushed to take Ms. Van's motorbike and started the engine and ran away. Ms. Van followed the motorbike and shouted for help from the locals, but the subject accelerated, dragging Ms. Van about 200m in the middle of the road and then ran away to National Highway 15A in the direction of Nam Dan - Vinh City. The young man left the Yamaha Exciter motorbike with license plate 37M1-063.22 at the gate of Ms. Van's house.

Upon receiving the report, Nam Dan District Police arrived at the scene to conduct an investigation, take statements from the victim and related people, and verify the real owner of the motorbike that the suspect left at the scene. At the same time, mobilizing synchronous working measures and through examining the suspect, Nam Dan District Police determined that the perpetrator was Nguyen Cao Cuong.

On February 27, Nam Dan District Police successfully arrested Nguyen Cao Cuong when he was present at his private home (Block 6, Con Cuong Town, Con Cuong District).

Through initial verification, at the time of committing the crime, Nguyen Cao Cuong showed signs of using synthetic drugs, showing signs of being “high” and having hallucinations. At the police station, Nguyen Cao Cuong confessed to all of his crimes.

Accordingly, at around 1:00 p.m. on February 22, Nguyen Cao Cuong drove a Honda Wave Alpha motorbike with license plate 37C1-062.63 from Con Cuong town, Con Cuong district to the house of Nguyen Van D. residing in Cam Son commune, Anh Son district to borrow D.'s motorbike. After that, Cuong continued to drive the motorbike borrowed from D. to the house of Tran Van Tr. (born in 1991), residing in hamlet 6, Cam Son commune, Anh Son district.

Here, because he saw that Mr. D's motorbike was damaged, Cuong borrowed a Yamaha Exciter motorbike with license plate 37M1-0632 and borrowed a short-sleeved shirt from Mr. Tr.. After that, Cuong drove Mr. Tr.'s motorbike to Tien Phong hamlet, Nam Hung commune, Nam Dan district and discovered Ms. Dinh Thi Van and her daughter were leading the motorbike out of the gate, so he had the intention of appropriating it.

Fearing that his crime would be discovered, he stopped the car in front of the gate and took out a 50,000 VND bill and gave it to Giang. Seeing that, Ms. Van hurriedly ran over to hug Giang, the subject immediately ran to take the car, started the engine and drove away to Vinh City to have fun. After nearly a week of having fun in Vinh City, Cuong returned home.

Currently, Nam Dan District Police have recovered the motorbike and returned it to the victim.