Young man traveled across provinces to break into a gold shop to steal property
(Baonghean.vn) - Nam traveled to provinces from the North to the Central region, breaking into gold shops at midnight to steal property and then taking it to China to sell.
In the early morning of March 29, 2018, taking advantage of the time when no one was watching, thieves broke into Ngoc Khanh gold shop (block 3, Tan Ky town, Tan Ky district) of Mr. Hoang Van Khanh's family. The amount of gold stolen was worth more than 700 million VND. At the time of the break-in, Mr. Khanh's family was not present in this house.
Upon receiving the report, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police coordinated with Tan Ky District Police to establish Project 418V to fight. During the investigation, the Project Team established 12 suspects, including 2 criminals from other provinces.
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| Ngoc Khanh Gold Shop - where Nam broke into and stole property. Photo: Quynh Trang |
On December 20, 2018, the Investigation Committee received information that the Criminal Police Department - Ministry of Public Security and the Criminal Police Department of Lai Chau Provincial Police coordinated to arrest Nguyen Van Nam (born in 1987, residing in Xuan Lai commune, Gia Binh district, Bac Ninh province) for theft of property at a gold shop in Lai Chau province.
Through exchanging documents, the Task Force determined that the method, tricks and criminal activities of the suspect Nam had many similarities with the subject who stole the gold shop in Tan Ky district that the Task Force had set up. In particular, during the investigation, the Institute of Criminal Science (Ministry of Public Security) said that the results of the examination showed that footprints were left at the scene. Nam was identified as the suspect who caused the above theft.
On December 22, 2018, the Investigation Committee sent a working group to fight against Nguyen Van Nam at the T16 Detention Center - Ministry of Public Security. After 1 day of fighting and using synchronous professional measures as well as evidence collected during the investigation, Nam had to bow his head and admit his guilt and confessed to all acts of property theft at Ngoc Khanh gold shop, Tan Ky district, Nghe An province.
On the morning of March 28, 2018, Nam took a bus from My Dinh bus station in Hanoi to Vinh city with the purpose of finding gold shops to commit crimes. In the afternoon of the same day, Nam took a bus from Vinh city to Tan Ky town, Tan Ky district. Here, Nam targeted Ngoc Khanh gold shop.
At 11:30 p.m. the same day, Nam broke into Ngoc Khanh gold shop and stole 4 trays of rings and gold bracelets with a total of 2 taels of gold and 200 silver bracelets.
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| Subject Nguyen Van Nam. Photo: Quynh Trang |
At 1am on March 29, 2018, Nam took a bus to Mong Cai City, Quang Ninh Province and illegally crossed into Guangdong Province, China to sell the stolen gold to a Chinese man for 120 million VND. Nam took the money back to Vietnam for personal use.
According to the police, Nam has 1 criminal record and 4 arrest warrants for "Theft of property" from the police of Que Vo and Gia Binh districts (Bac Ninh province) and the police of Cam Giang and Nam Sach districts (Hai Duong province).
During the extended investigation, Nam confessed that he had previously successfully carried out four gold thefts in Lang Son, Son La, Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces, selling them for a value of nearly 10 billion VND.
The Criminal Police Department recommends that gold and silver businesses and stores, in addition to installing security cameras, need to have an alarm system and regular security guards. When there is no one watching over the property, there needs to be a management plan to ensure safety, not giving subjects the opportunity to break in and appropriate it.
