Young man pretending to be a traffic police officer 'extorts money' from passersby
Huynh Tan Phat (24 years old) bought a plastic gun, flashlight, walkie-talkie, and whistle to impersonate a traffic police officer to extort money from passersby.
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Suspect Huynh Tan Phat at the police station. Photo:Van Tram. |
On August 4, Huynh Tan Phat was detained by Dong Xoai City Police (Binh Phuoc Province) to investigate his behavior.Extortion.
According to the initial investigation, every night Phat wears a plastic gun, a walkie-talkie, and rides a motorbike with a siren and emergency lights, pretending to be a traffic police officer, to deserted roads to stop motorbikes carrying three people or not wearing helmets, then threatens them and forces them to give money before letting them go.
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Phat was equipped with plastic guns, flashlights, whistles, walkie-talkies... to pretend to be a traffic police officer. Photo:Van Tram. |
Early morning on August 2, Phat blew his whistle and stopped Mr. Pham Dinh Ca's car to check. The guy kept threatening to make a record and impound the vehicle. Suspecting that this was a fake traffic police officer, Mr. Ca called the police to come and restrain Phat.
By the above tricks, Phat confessed to having appropriated money from many people.
