‘Super thief’ targeting state agencies arrested
Police in the central city of Da Nang have arrested a notorious thief who was allegedly involved in 13 cases of thefts and burglaries targeting state agencies in six cities and provinces around Vietnam.
On January 10, Da Nang police indicted Nguyen Tuan Vu, 35, from Vinh Phuc Northern Province on charges of “stealing assets” and detained him for four months, pending investigation.
Vu has been also charged with “escaping from prison”.
On January 7, following a tip off that Vu was traveling in a Toyota Innova to Da Nang from the north, Da Nang city’s police forces lay in wait for him and arrested him in Son Tra District at about 1:00pm on January 8.
The police seized a shotgun, 9 bullets, and VND60 million in cash from him.
According to investigators, before his arrest, Nguyen Tan Vu had two previous convictions of theft and burglary and had escaped from prison while he was serving a 19 year sentence. He had been wanted nationwide since April, 2011.
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The police say Vu had burglarized state agencies from north to south. In Da Nang alone, Vu broke into the Da Nang Department of Finance; Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No. 5 (Cienco 5); the Customs office, and other state agencies to steal assets.
At the Cienco 5 headquarters, it took Vu only five seconds to unlock a magnetic card to break into the building. He even took the lift and didn’t turn off security cameras while committing his robbery in the office.
The ‘super’ thief also committed burglaries at the houses of senior official in Dong Nai southern province; the Department of Education and Training in Vinh Phuc northern province (his homet province); the Department of Taxation; the Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs; and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Thanh Hoa central province.
Investigators say Vu often drove his car to look for ‘prey’ in the afternoon, and committed his criminal acts in the evening or at night.
Vu often stole cash from the offices of directors, deputy directors, or treasures, but ignored other valuable assets and high-tech devices like Ipads or computers, they said.
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