High on drugs, threatened to commit suicide with a knife and then robbed a passerby's motorbike

On May 29, Yen Thanh District Police announced that they had decided to prosecute the case and prosecute Vuong Van Ha (born in 1992), residing in Tan An hamlet, Hong Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, for the crime of "Robbery".

Previously, on April 17, Ms. Trinh Thi Hien (born in 1961), residing in Tan An hamlet, Hong Thanh commune, reported to the commune police that her son, Vuong Van Ha, was high on drugs and was aggressively destroying property in the house. Upon receiving the report, the working group of Hong Thanh commune police approached the scene of Ms. Hien's family and invited Ha to the commune People's Committee headquarters to work, but Ha did not cooperate. He even used a knife to cut his own hand and threatened to commit suicide so that no one would dare approach.

Subject Vuong Van Ha. Photo: Thao Nguyen

After that, Ha ran away from home towards Provincial Road 537, and met Mr. Nguyen Xuan Rang (born in 1974), residing in Tho Thanh commune, driving a motorbike on the road.

Ha used a knife to threaten Mr. Rang, stole his motorbike and drove to Dien Hoang commune, Dien Chau district, pawned it at a pawn shop, took 6 million VND, then took a bus to Thanh Hoa province to hide. After a while, he moved to Phan Thiet city (Binh Thuan province).

After a period of tracking the subject, on May 8, 2020, a working group of Yen Thanh District Police secretly raided the house of Vuong Van Ha's sister in Phan Thiet City to arrest the subject. At the investigation agency, the subject confessed and admitted to his crime.

Authorities take statement from Vuong Van Ha. Photo: Thao Nguyen

It is known that Vuong Van Ha is a long-term drug addict. He has 3 previous convictions for "Robbery", "Theft" and "Abuse of trust to appropriate property".