Drive car to steal mutant orchids
Ha Van Thang and Pham Quang Hung drove from Vinh Phuc to Thanh Hoa, broke into a garden to steal mutated orchids, and brought them to another locality to sell.
On March 28, Thanh Hoa City Police arrested Thang (34 years old) and Hung (29 years old, both residing in Vinh Phuc province) to investigate property theft.
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Authorities allege the two unemployed suspects frequently searched online for information about families that grow and sell marijuana.mutant orchids, then took a car from Vinh Phuc to wait for an opportunity to steal.
Every day, the duo surveyed orchid gardens, then used electric ladders to climb over fences, used pliers to cut through iron frames, and stole mutated orchids. The two took the stolen property to other provinces to sell.
In mid-March, they broke into the house of Mr. Nguyen (55 years old, in Dong Hai ward, Thanh Hoa city) and took away 11 mutated orchid plants. According to the victim's declaration, the total value of the property was 1.5-1.8 billion VND. After more than a week of investigation, the police tracked down the whereabouts, arrested Thang and Hung, and seized 27 pots of mutated orchids of various types along with many other evidences.
The two suspects confessed to having committed many orchid thefts in Thanh Hoa and Hoa Binh.
Thang and Hung have two previous convictions for theft.