Hiding after a theft of more than 2 billion VND, a wanted person was caught in a motel
Tan Ky Commune Police said that the unit has just handed over the especially dangerous wanted criminal Tran Dinh Trung (born in 1992), residing in Tan Ky Commune, Nghe An Province to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department for investigation according to its authority.
Trung is a wanted person by the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department for being especially dangerous in relation to the case of breaking into the house of a company director in Ho Chi Minh City and stealing many assets with a total value of more than 2 billion VND.
Accordingly, at the end of 2020, Trung was invited by a friend from his hometown who was working at a company in Ho Chi Minh City, Tran Van Duy (born in 1990), to break into the house of Duy's company director to steal property, Trung agreed. After that, Trung, Duy and other accomplices broke into the house of Duy's company director, stole many properties with a total value of more than 2 billion VND and then fled.
By the end of 2023, Duy and the other subjects were arrested and brought to trial, while Tran Dinh Trung had fled. During the process of being on the run, Trung continuously moved through many localities and did many different jobs to make a living.
After a period of surveillance, Tan Ky Commune Police discovered Tran Dinh Trung hiding in a motel in Rach Dua Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. Applying synchronous professional measures, on August 4, 2025, Tan Ky Commune Police Working Group successfully arrested Tran Dinh Trung to the surprise of the subject.
Currently, Tran Dinh Trung has been handed over by Tan Ky Commune Police to the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police for handling according to authority.
