Arresting a group of 17 people who specialize in staging fake situations, pickpockets, and steal properties in Thanh Hoa

Recently, Ha Trung District Police, in collaboration with Thanh Hoa Provincial Police, quickly investigated, verified and arrested 17 people belonging to a group specializing in pickpockets and property theft at ceremony areas. festival.
Specifically, on July 25, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police informed that the Criminal Police Department of this unit arrested 17 people who specialize in pickpockets and property theft.
It is known that of the 17 arrested subjects, 10 are in Thanh Hoa province, 4 are in Nghe An province, 1 are in Ha Nam province, and 2 are in Ninh Binh province. The trick of this group is to take advantage of crowded festivals to steal and pickpocket.

Previously, through monitoring and grasping the situation, the Criminal Police Department, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police discovered that recently, in the area, there was a group of about 10 subjects, including men and women from different countries. in many provinces, specializing in property theft at festivals and temples.

Understanding the situation, the Criminal Police Department, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police has mobilized more than 30 officers and soldiers divided into many reconnaissance groups, disguises, and secret uniforms. When this group was operating in the area of Co Bo temple, Ha Trung district, the police arrested and seized all the stolen evidence.

At the police station, the subjects confessed that they were run by Ngo Thi Phuong and went to the 2023 Han Son festival to steal and pickpocket bags from tourists.

According to the police, this group is very sophisticated, closely linked, and assigns roles and tasks to each object. After stealing property, the subjects often separate groups, do not go together. After that, the whole group gathered at a point far from the scene to check the stolen property and then sold it and shared it with each other.

According to a reporter from Dai Doan Ket newspaper, Ms. Luu Thi Kim Chung (50 years old, living in Lam Son ward, Thanh Hoa city) - a victim of the above gang said: At 5 am on July 23, Ms. Chung and her husband and a friend's family started moving from Thanh Hoa city to the area of Han Son temple (Ha Son commune, Ha Trung district) to participate in the festival here.

Due to the large number of tourists, it was not until 8 am on the same day that Mrs. Chung and her family could squeeze into the temple to burn incense. At that time, Ms. Chung wore a crossbody bag in front of her chest, in the pocket containing her wallet, phone and some other possessions.

Around 8:10 am, while praying, Mrs. Chung collided with a woman passing in front of her. In just about 10 seconds, when this person passed by, the bag was suddenly unlocked and her iPhone XS was also lost shortly after.

Panicked by the theft, Ms. Chung called her husband to search but could not find the woman. Then she asked her daughter to access icloud (the location system of iPhone phones) to locate the phone on the map.

Knowing the location of the subject, Ms. Chung and her husband followed and reported the incident to the Ha Trung district police officer. When the police force arrived at the scene, the other phone was turned off, so the search had to stop.

At about 11:28 am on July 23, Ms. Chung's daughter called and said that the Iphone XS had reopened and the location was determined to be at a house on Nguyen Trai Street (Tan Son Ward, Thanh Hoa City).

As soon as they received the news, Ms. Chung and her husband rushed back to find the phone, and at the same time did the procedures to lock the sim and lock the bank account in case thieves took advantage of it to appropriate property. .

At 3pm on the same day, Ms. Chung's husband called and informed about the location of the phone to the leader of the Ha Trung District Police for this unit to investigate and clarify.

Around 10 pm, an officer from the Investigation Police Department of Thanh Hoa Provincial Police called Ms. Chung's family to identify the stolen phone. However, because the number of phones that the police seized was too much, for a while, Ms. Chung could not find her iPhone XS.

The case is still being investigated and clarified by the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police Agency. The target group will have to bear the deserved punishments for their law violations.

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