Afraid of being beaten, buy a gun online for self-defense?
Son bought a colt gun through social networks and on his way home, Son was arrested by the police.
On March 4, the Criminal Police Department (Hai Phong City Police) announced that they were temporarily detaining Truong Cong Son, born in 1988, in Dang Lam ward, Hai An district, to investigate the illegal possession of military weapons.
Previously, at 9:00 p.m. on March 1, a working group of Team 8 (Criminal Police Department) patrolling on An Da Street, Ngo Quyen District discovered a young man sitting behind a motorbike with suspicious signs. When the working group asked to stop the vehicle and check the person sitting behind the motorbike, Truong Cong Son, discovered and confiscated a colt-style gun and 20 bullets.
Subject Son with evidence of a gun and 20 bullets. |
At the police station, Son confessed that due to a conflict with another group of people and fear of being assaulted by this group, he bought guns and bullets through social networks for self-defense.
However, after buying the gun and on his way home, Son was arrested by the police.