On the way home on leave, young soldier struggled to catch a thief in the field.

On the morning of February 22, Con Cuong District Police said that the unit had just prosecuted the defendant.HeyNguyen Quang Binh (born in 1990, residing in Xuan Dung hamlet, Thanh Xuan commune, Thanh Chuong district) to investigate the crime of property theft.

Nguyen Quang Binh was arrested on February 11 when he had just stolen a motorbike from a local resident and was on the run. Notably, the police officer who directly arrested Binh was Lieutenant Nguyen Tat Huy (born in 1994, working at the Con Cuong District Police) while he was on his way home for leave.

Lieutenant Nguyen Tat Huy (in black shirt) took suspect Binh to the police station along with the evidence. Photo: Tuong Vi

On February 11, 2019, Lieutenant Huy was driving his motorbike home in Tan Son commune (Do Luong district) on leave when he received a report from his commander that a thief was on the run from Con Cuong to Do Luong.

Upon receiving the order, Lieutenant Huy immediately turned the car around and drove in the opposite direction to Anh Son district. After driving a few kilometers, Lieutenant Huy spotted a subject riding a motorbike at high speed, with the characteristics as reported. Lieutenant Huy quickly turned the car around and approached the subject's car.

Seeing someone chasing him, the subject quickly jumped out of the car and fell into the rice field below. Without hesitation, Lieutenant Huy also jumped into the field and approached to control the subject.

However, the subject resisted fiercely, rushing at Lieutenant Huy with the intention of attacking his head and chest. The subject grabbed a rock, intending to hit Lieutenant Huy hard on the head, but this soldier avoided it and successfully controlled the thief after more than 10 minutes of struggling in the rice field.

The suspect was then handed over to the Con Cuong District Police. At the investigation agency, the suspect declared his name as Nguyen Quang Binh (born in 1990, residing in Xuan Dung hamlet, Thanh Xuan commune, Thanh Chuong district).

That same morning, Binh took a bus to Con Cuong district. Binh wandered around, and when he arrived at Lien Tan hamlet, Bong Khe commune, he saw two motorbikes in Duong Huy Dat's yard, with no one watching them.

Binh sneaked into the yard and broke the lock of a Honda Air Blade, but the bike broke down. Binh switched to breaking the lock of a Honda Wave Alpha with license plate 37C1-088.99 and then started the engine and fled.

Seeing the thief, Mr. Dat reported to the police. Concluding that the subject could run downstream in two directions, Ho Chi Minh Road or National Highway 7, Con Cuong Police organized a siege. And when the subject ran to Do Luong district, he was successfully arrested by Lieutenant Huy. In addition to the motorbike, the police also discovered a GPS jammer on the subject.