Suspect 'Snakehead, Buffalo Head' arrested after stealing 20 taels of gold

On February 3, the Investigation Police Department of Cao Lanh City (Dong Thap) announced that it had urgently arrested two "super thieves" Tran Van Dong (alias Ca Loc, 32 years old, residing in Cao Lanh City) and Phan Tuan Kiet (alias Dau Trau, 22 years old, residing in Cao Lanh District) for the act of "Theft of property".

According to the investigation results, in the early morning of January 15, a man in Thuan Phat hamlet, Hoa Thuan ward (Cao Lanh city) reported to the police that his property was stolen, including: 1 safe containing 20 gold bars of 9999 type; 3 gold bars of 18K gold type, 60 million VND, 2 roosters and related documents. The total property damage was about 1.3 billion VND.

Cao Lanh City Police examined the scene and extracted security camera footage to assist in the investigation. Using many professional measures, the Police identified two suspects: Tran Van Dong and Phan Tuan Kiet.

Police urgently arrested Phan Tuan Kiet while he was hiding at home. Suspect Tran Van Dong fled the area immediately after committing the crime, causing many difficulties for the investigation.

The police discovered and arrested Tran Van Dong while he was hiding in Vinh Long province. Cao Lanh City Police recovered the safe that the two subjects had dumped into the river in Tan Trong hamlet, Tan My commune, Lap Vo district, Dong Thap. However, the confiscated safe had been broken into both the front and back, and there was no property left inside.

During the investigation, suspects Dong and Kiet confessed that they divided the assets equally and then tried to avoid being arrested by the police.

Phan Tuan Kiet hid all the money he had at home. The police agency persuaded Kiet's father to search for and voluntarily hand over more than 622 million VND. Tran Van Dong confessed that he had spent all the victim's money and gold.