Guns and drugs seized from pawnshop of loan shark "boss"

Dear An• DNUM_BEZADZCABJ 09:01

Searching the loan shark boss's place, the police seized 36 loan applications with "exorbitant" interest rates, VND88 million in cash, 0.2 grams of crystal meth and 2 homemade guns.

On the morning of March 14, Di An Town Police (Binh Duong Province) arrested Tran Quoc Huy (28 years old, residing in Binh Duong) to investigate the act of usury.

Loan shark arrested.

According to the investigation agency, through the work of grasping the area and monitoring, Di An town police discovered that Huy opened a pawn shop in Dong B quarter (Dong Hoa ward, Di An town), however, inside this pawn shop was a loan sharking activity. Tran Quoc Huy lent money to many people in installments with interest rates dozens of times higher than the law.

During the investigation, Di An Town Police discovered that Huy was collecting interest from Mr. N. (living in Di An) so they raided and caught him red-handed. According to Huy's statement, from January 2018, Huy lent Mr. T. 108 million VND with an interest rate of 10%/month. About 10 days later, Mr. T. had to pay Huy 3.6 million VND in interest.

Evidence of the case.

Searching Huy's pawn shop, Di An town police seized 36 loan applications with a total amount of about 1.2 billion VND, 88 million VND in cash, 0.2 grams of crystal meth and 2 homemade guns.

Currently, Di An town police are continuing to expand the investigation.