Arrested a group of young men in Nghe An who specialize in breaking car windows to steal
(Baonghean.vn) - Vinh City Police (Nghe An) are temporarily detaining 3 suspects who specialize in breaking car windows and breaking into people's houses to steal property. Initial evidence shows that the amount of property stolen by the suspects is up to nearly 300 million VND.
Since the Lunar New Year 2019, in Vinh City, there have been consecutive incidents of people breaking car windows to steal property, causing public outrage. Faced with this situation, Vinh City Police have established a special project to combat and eradicate this crime.
The subjects chose the time from 1 to 4 a.m. when the families were fast asleep to commit the crime (photo extracted from camera)
It was clear that the subjects in the above thefts were all professional and sophisticated, so a task force was assigned to check all the "prominent" subjects in the area. In particular, focusing on subjects with previous convictions for theft of property and consumption of property obtained from crime.
However, before and after Tet, the subjects are constantly on the move, almost absent from the locality. Not to mention the "characteristic" of the subjects committing property theft is that they are often mobile and move everywhere.
Accordingly, through careful study of the criminal activity pattern, it was determined that the above group of thieves could consist of 2-3 individuals. The detectives were ordered to coordinate with the police force of the ward and commune to increase patrols and ambushes on key routes. In particular, to promote the movement of denouncing crimes among the masses, thereby promptly providing information and images related to the nearest police agency.
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| Three suspects at the investigation agency. Photo: Quynh Trang |
After a period of investigation and verification, on July 30, the Special Task Force arrested 3 subjects, all residing in Vinh City: Le Ba Chung (born in 1986), Nguyen Van Danh (born in 1987), both residing in Dong Vinh Ward, and Tran Trung Thong (born in 1987, residing in Quan Bau Ward). It is known that the subjects all have many criminal records for theft of property and illegal possession of drugs.
Having no job and being addicted to drugs, Chung invited Danh to carry out "missions" with him. They chose the early morning time every day. The two of them made an appointment to discuss and then used motorbikes to travel on the streets of Vinh City, checking unattended cars, using hammers to break the windshields and then stealing handbags and other property in the cars.
In addition to breaking car windows to steal property, the subjects also look for houses that are not properly closed to break in and steal property.
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| Evidence seized by the police at the suspects' homes. Photo: Minh Khoi |
The "spoils of war" after being collected will be given to Thong to sell at pawn shops and then the three subjects will divide the profits.
At the investigation agency, the subjects confessed that since the beginning of the year, they have committed 7 cases of breaking into car windows and 3 cases of breaking into houses to steal property.
Initially, Vinh City Police have proven that the stolen property, including damage caused by broken car windows, is estimated at nearly 300 million VND.
Currently, the case is under further investigation./.