Successfully captured a gold thief hiding in Da Nang

Previously, on September 26, Hoang Mai Town Police received a complaint from Ms. Tran Thi Chau Loan (born in 1991), residing in Bac My block, Quynh Thien ward (Hoang Mai town) about Ms. Loan beingloss of propertyare gold and silver metal jewelry and many mobile phones with a total value of about 335 million VND at Anh Ngoc Chau gold and silver shop in Bac My block, Quynh Thien ward, Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province.

Seized evidence. Photo: Quynh Trang

Determining that this is a very serious case, greatly affecting the security and order situation in the area, especially in public opinion, Hoang Mai Town Police have established a special project to focus on deploying forces to fight and investigate.

After 5 days of investigation, the Task Force arrested the suspect while he was hiding in Da Nang city. The suspect is Tran Binh (born in 1996), residing in village 7, Quynh Vinh commune, Hoang Mai town.

The subject used a knife to break the gold cabinet. (Experimental image). Photo: Duc Vu

According to police documents as well as the suspect's testimony: At around 10 p.m. on September 25, Tran Binh broke into a gold shop to steal property for the purpose of taking money to spend and play games. At around 1:30 a.m. on September 26, Binh climbed the wall behind the gold shop and looked inside but saw no one. Binh used a knife to cut the plastic sheeting on the roof and used his hand to pull the door open to break in. Binh used a knife to pry open the drawers containing gold, silver and phones, stealing some property, specifically: 7 phones of the Iphone, Samsung, Oppo brands and many gold and silver necklaces, gold rings, gold bracelets.

After that, Binh put the stolen property in a bag and went to National Highway 1A, got in a taxi and went to Vinh city to find a place to sell it. When he reached Cau Giat town, Quynh Luu district, Binh thought that selling it in Vinh city would be easy to be discovered, so he got out of the car and tried to find a way to take the gold to Hanoi to sell.

Binh changed to 2 taxis to travel back to Hanoi. When arriving in Hanoi, Binh sold all the assets at 3 shops for a total of 108,300,000 VND (one hundred and eight million, three hundred thousand VND) and only kept 2 rings and 1 gold necklace for his own use. After that, Binh continued to hide in Da Nang city and was surrounded and arrested by the authorities.

Subject Tran Binh at the investigation agency. Photo: Quynh Trang

At the Investigation Police Agency of Hoang Mai Town Police, the suspect Tran Binh confessed to all his crimes. Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Hoang Mai Town Police has seized 6 mobile phones and some gold and silver related to the case; continue to consolidate the case file to handle it in accordance with the provisions of law.