Latest information on the case of a kidnapped girl demanding a ransom of 150 million VND
At the investigation agency, these subjects confessed that when they were still employees at the karaoke bar managed by Vu, Ms. Han borrowed 7 million VND from Vu. After 6 months, the interest and principal increased to 45 million VND. With no money to pay, Ms. Han returned to her hometown.
On the afternoon of January 27, the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police said that it had coordinated with the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security and Vinh Long Provincial Police and a number of related units to arrest a group of subjects led by Pham Nguyen Ngoc Vu (born in 1992, residing in Dong Nai Province) to investigate the act of kidnapping for the purpose of appropriating property.
Previously, Ho Chi Minh City Police received a notice from Vinh Long Province Police that Vu's group used a 7-seat car to arrest Ms. Le Ngoc Han (born 2006, online seller) and move from Vinh Long to Ho Chi Minh City.
After receiving the information, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department directed forces and local police to deploy checkpoints on roads passing through Ho Chi Minh City.
Only about 2 hours later, this group of subjects was controlled and arrested by Ho Chi Minh City Police and several other units.
During the search, the police seized a gun (identified as a fake gun), homemade firecrackers, a plastic bag containing white crystals suspected to be drugs, and many other items.
At the investigation agency, these subjects confessed that when they were still employees at the karaoke bar managed by Vu, Ms. Han borrowed 7 million VND from Vu. After 6 months, the interest and principal increased to 45 million VND. With no money to pay, Ms. Han returned to her hometown in Vinh Long.
Seeing that, Vu and the other 6 subjects planned to kidnap Ms. Han and asked the victim's family to pay a ransom of 150 million VND. While waiting for the victim's family to bring the ransom money, they were arrested by Ho Chi Minh City Police and handed over to Vinh Long Provincial Police for investigation and handling according to regulations.
