Loitering along the highway to steal property from vehicles that have stopped to rest.

On May 28, the Investigation Police Agency of Phu Yen Province Police announced that it had issued a decision to prosecute and execute an arrest warrant for the crime of "Theft of property" against Vo Hong Ly and Phan Van Cuong (born in 1988, residing in Lien Tri 1 village, Binh Kien commune, Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province).

Previously, at midnight on May 20, Phan Van Cuong drove a motorbike carrying Vo Hong Ly from Tuy Hoa City along National Highway 1A to the North to steal property from cars that were stopping on the side of the road. At 2:00 a.m. on May 21, while driving to a gas station on National Highway 1A through Phu Diem village, An Hoa Hai commune, Tuy An district (Phu Yen), the two subjects saw a 5-seat tourist car stopping for a rest, so Cuong stopped the car to observe the surroundings so that Ly could approach the car mentioned above.

Discovering the driver sitting in the front and a woman sitting in the back were sleeping soundly, while the right window at the back of the car was rolled down a gap. Ly reached through the gap to steal the handbag. At the same time, the woman woke up and shouted, so Cuong accelerated his motorbike to escape, while Ly was surrounded by passersby and caught with the handbag, inside of which was 250 million VND.

During an urgent search of Ly’s residence, the Phu Yen Provincial Police Department discovered and seized many handbags, mobile phones, and many Vietnamese and foreign currencies from many countries, suspected to be evidence in other thefts. Immediately after, Cuong was also arrested and confessed to his crimes.

According to the Investigation Police Agency of Phu Yen Province, Ly and Cuong are two subjects with criminal records for the crimes and acts of "Theft of property" and "Intentionally causing injury", but did not reform and continue to make money by theft, so they had to enter criminal proceedings.