Arrest of suspect using homemade gun to rob bank
After two days of pursuit, the authorities arrested the suspect who used a homemade gun to carry out a failed robbery at an Agribank Transaction Office.
On the afternoon of September 27, Tien Giang Provincial Police said that after 2 days of hiding, Vo Thanh Hoa, the suspect who used a homemade gun to go to the Agribank Transaction Office of My Tho Industrial Park in Binh Tao Hamlet, Trung An Commune (My Tho City) to threaten employees in order to rob them on the afternoon of September 25, was arrested.
Suspect Vo Thanh Hoa (born 1996), permanent resident of Phuoc Thanh commune, My Tho city, Tien Giang province.
According to police sources, the suspect admitted to using a homemade gun to rob the bank but failed. During the search, the police also seized evidence and the means used to commit the crime.
Previously, Vietnam News Agency reported that at around 2:00 p.m. on September 25, suspect Vo Thanh Hoa drove a motorbike without a license plate to the Agribank Transaction Office in My Tho Industrial Park.
Here, the subject used an object shaped like a homemade gun to threaten the transaction office staff and demanded money. At the same time, this subject also placed a sealed package on the transaction counter to threaten the bank staff and security guards in order to rob property.
However, with the instructed response measures, the Transaction Office staff promptly reported to the police.
Tien Giang Provincial Police quickly arrived at the scene, approached, persuaded, and called on the subject to drop the weapon, the subject had to run outside, get in the car and escape.