Nghe An man escapes arrest under cover of construction contractor

On February 23, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department of Nghe An Province Police announced that the unit's wanted criminal team had just successfully arrested and handed over wanted suspect Tran Huu Giao (born in 1979, residing in Duc Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District) to Ho Chi Minh City Police to serve the investigation and handle according to the provisions of law.

Giao is a member of a soccer betting ring that was wanted by the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department's Criminal Enforcement Agency 3 years ago.

Subject Tran Huu Giao. Photo: Minh Tam

According to police documents, in January 2016, Ho Chi Minh City police dismantled a large-scale football betting ring. The subjects were arrested and prosecuted one after another, but Tran Huu Giao, a member of the ring, quickly escaped.

After a period of investigation and pursuit without results, on April 28, 2016, the subject was wanted by the Criminal Enforcement Agency of Ho Chi Minh City Police for gambling.

In the following time, through studying the subject's profile, the wanted team of the Drug Crime Investigation Department of Nghe An Police coordinated with professional units of the Provincial Police and Ho Chi Minh City Police to track down the subject. The detectives also went to the locality where the subject used to live in Yen Thanh district to mobilize and persuade the subject's family to cooperate in calling on Giao to surrender to enjoy leniency of the law.

Thanks to good work in gathering information from the grassroots along with sharp professional measures, the detectives identified wanted subject Tran Huu Giao who, after escaping from Ho Chi Minh City, had drifted to the southern provinces and cities.

By 2019, the Department had obtained some important information about the process of going to the South to make a living. Giao crossed the border in his hometown and entered Can Tho. After a while, he brought his wife and two children back to Dong Nai to make a living. Here, Giao built houses and worked as a construction contractor.

The detectives quickly coordinated with Dong Nai Provincial Police to check the Nghe An natives who were working as construction contractors in Dong Nai and discovered a man with a Nghe An accent, permanent residence in Can Tho and construction contractor in Nhon Trach and Trang Bom districts similar to the identifying characteristics of Tran Huu Giao.

After determining the exact location of the suspect, at noon on February 12, detectives raided a private house in Long Binh ward (Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai) to control and arrest Tran Huu Giao. After the struggle, Giao bowed his head and admitted to the crime. Immediately after that, the suspect was transferred to Ho Chi Minh City, handed over to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department of Criminal Enforcement for further investigation and handling according to the provisions of law.