The amount of money robbed at the highway toll station is about 2.2 billion VND.

H.Xuan February 8, 2019 06:40

The police seized a basket of money containing about 80 million VND and 2 knives that the 2 robbers dropped while escaping.

Regarding the gun and machete robbery at the toll station of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway on the morning of the third day of Tet (February 7), the same afternoon, Dong Nai Province Police said they were still actively searching for the perpetrator.

Meanwhile, a source confirmed that the amount of money stolen from the toll station by robbers was about 2.2 billion VND.

Một trong 2 con dao bị công an thu giữ (ảnh: N.D)
One of the two knives confiscated by the police (photo: ND)

On the way to escape, the robbers dropped a bag containing about 80 million VND and 2 knives; these items were confiscated by the police.

On the same morning, Vietnam Expressway Engineering Services Joint Stock Company (VEC E) officially confirmed that the robbery occurred at Dau Giay toll station of the expressway in Xuan Thanh commune, Thong Nhat district, at 7:00 a.m.

At that time, at the ticket accounting office, while the employees had just finished handing over their shifts, the safe was still open to store the toll money collected during the 3rd shift on February 6, when suddenly 2 robbers kicked the door open and rushed in, controlling the accounting staff, cashier and supervisor. The robbers were bold, holding knives and objects like guns to the necks of the employees, threatening them.

Immediately after that, they grabbed the money in the safe and escaped. The time they acted was within 6 minutes.

A clip recording the incident was also posted on social media. The clip, about 30 seconds long, shows two robbers dressed in black, wearing hats, masked, carrying two backpacks, using objects such as guns and machetes to threaten a male employee at the station to lie face down on the table. When the employee complied, the two robbers rummaged through the place, grabbed money, put it in the backpacks, and fled.

According to nld.com.vn
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