Hot reward for the special project to eliminate a young robbery gang and investigate a murder case with a fake crime scene

On the afternoon of August 22, Nghe An Provincial Police held an award ceremony for groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in participating in the fight to discover Project 820C, eliminating 2 gangs, arresting 13 young people who used knives and swords to "rob property", initially clarifying 11 robberies and 1 snatching case that occurred in Vinh City and neighboring districts. Quickly investigating and pursuing, successfully arresting the subject who caused the murder that occurred on August 21 in Thai Hoa Town after more than 11 hours of committing the crime.

Attending the ceremony were comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Vo Trong Hai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Director of the Provincial Police Department and comrades in the Board of Directors of Nghe An Provincial Police Department. Photo: D.C.

Project 820C, eliminated 2 gangs, arrested 13 young people who used knives and swords to "rob property". This is a group of young people who often use motorbikes without license plates, traveling in groups of 3-6 people, taking advantage of deserted roads, dark nights (from 2-4am) to block the road, using weapons to rob people's property, mainly small traders selling seafood, vegetables, and fruits who come to buy goods early. Those who resist or do not hand over their property, they use knives and swords to threaten, with the intention of causing injury.

The two ringleaders are Truong Nhu Thanh Dat and Hoang Quang Thanh. Photo: Duc Vu

The two young men leading these two robbery groups are Hoang Quang Thanh (born in 2004), residing in Hung Binh ward (Vinh city) and Truong Nhu Thanh Dat (born in 2003), residing in Nghi Hai ward (Cua Lo town). Both leaders and their accomplices were arrested within 2 days (August 19-20). During the initial investigation, the subjects confessed to having committed 23 robberies and 1 snatching case in Vinh city, Cua Lo town, Nghi Loc and Hung Nguyen districts, causing a loss of about 15 million VND.

To date, the Task Force has identified 12 victims and is continuing to expand the investigation. Most of the victims are women, with economic difficulties, each robbery only cost a few hundred thousand dong, but caused panic among the victims; many of the robbers are high school students in Nghe An province. The task force was chaired by the Provincial Police, directed by the Vinh City Police, Cua Lo Town Police, Hung Nguyen, and Nghi Loc.

Suspect Nguyen Duc Thuy was arrested. Photo: Quang Huy

Regarding the murder case in Thai Hoa Town, specifically, at around 5:00 a.m. on August 21, people discovered Vo Hieu Ha (born in 1984), residing in Quang Phong Ward (Thai Hoa Town) dead in front of the gate of Quang Phong Ward Primary School, having been run over by a motorbike. Immediately after receiving the information, the police force examined the scene, performed an autopsy, and found many unusual marks on the victim's body and confirmed that this was a criminal case.

At 8:00 p.m. on August 21, Nghe An Provincial Police established a task force to successfully capture Nguyen Duc Thuy while he was hiding in Yen Son Commune (Do Luong). After many hours of struggle and questioning, at 4:00 a.m. on August 22, Nguyen Duc Thuy admitted that he was the perpetrator who murdered Mr. Ha.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the award ceremony. Photo: D.C.

Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director, Head of the Investigation Police Agency, Provincial Police acknowledged and highly appreciated the determination, intelligence, courage and close coordination of the collectives. At the same time, he emphasized that this achievement has contributed to the fight against and prevention of increasingly complex and youthful crimes.

The comrades requested that the forces continue to coordinate effectively, fight strongly and resolutely against all types of crimes, contributing to strengthening the work of ensuring security and order, towards the 19th Nghe An Provincial Party Congress, associated with the peak period of attacking and suppressing crimes, protecting major events of the country in 2020.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh and Colonel Vo Trong Hai presented awards to the groups. Photo: D.C.

On this occasion, the People's Committee of Nghe An province decided to reward 60 million VND, and the Director of the Provincial Police Department rewarded 15 million VND to the collectives that had achievements in solving special cases.