Picked up car keys, man with 2 previous convictions for car theft hid them
Picking up a car key that someone else had dropped, Nguyen Duc Dung stole the car and hid it. Before he could sell it, he was arrested by the police.
On the morning of May 5, Quang Ninh Provincial Police said that the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police had just quickly investigated and arrested Nguyen Duc Dung (born in 1986, residing in Cao Thang ward, Ha Long city) - the perpetrator.car theftoccurred on April 30 in Cao Thang ward, Ha Long city (Quang Ninh) and seized all evidence of the case.
At the police station, Dung confessed that on the evening of April 29, while playing soccer at a soccer field in Cao Xanh ward, Ha Long city, he picked up a car key dropped by Mr. NVV (38 years old, residing in Ha Khanh ward, Ha Long city) - the car owner, so he had the intention to steal it.
In the early morning of April 30, Dung asked a friend to take him by motorbike to where Mr. V. parked his car and used the key he found to steal the car and hide it, but before he could sell it, he was discovered and arrested by the police. Based on Dung's testimony, the Criminal Police Department seized all the evidence of the case.
Previously, on April 30, Mr. V. (38 years old, residing in Ha Khanh ward, Ha Long city) went to the police station to report the theft of his Mitsubishi Xforce car.
Upon receiving the information, the leaders of the Criminal Police Department directed the establishment of a working group to verify, collect electronic data, screen suspicious subjects, and simultaneously screen all public car parking spots and parking basements of large apartment buildings in the area.
Because the incident occurred at the peak of the holiday season, the number of tourist vehicles pouring into parking lots and apartment buildings in the area was very large. In addition, collected documents showed that after taking the car, the thief went around many deserted roads to conceal his actions, causing many difficulties for the verification and investigation process.
In less than 24 hours of synchronously implementing professional measures, on the morning of May 1, the working group identified and arrested Nguyen Duc Dung, who had two previous convictions for Theft and Robbery.
Currently, the Criminal Police Department has detained Nguyen Duc Dung and is continuing to investigate and expand the case.