Stealing drones 30/4: not publicly handed over for sale, the risk of 'peelin.g off the calendar'

After the technical incident occurred on the night of April 30, the organizer of the drone sho.w is recovering the crashed equipment. However, some individuals who picked up drones did not hand them over but also openly put them up for sale on social networks.

On the evening of April 30, after a fireworks display to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South, the reunification of the country (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), the people of Ho Chi Minh City suddenly enjoyed a unique drone sho.w.

However, the program was force.d to end early after just a few minutes due to a technical interference problem that caused many devices to lose control and fall to the ground. The organizers are currently actively recovering the crashed drones, but have not yet announced a specific number. On social networks, many articles called on people to support the search and suggested that anyone who picked up the device should contact and return it to avoid legal consequences.

Some people have actively handed over the picked up drones, showing a sense of responsibility and a spirit of cooperation. However, besides those beautiful actions, many cases take advantage of incidents for personal gain, even openly selling drones on social networking groups, causing frustration in public opinion.

According to experts in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, the type of drone used in light shows has no commercial value when separated from the flight formation. They do not have a built-in camera, cannot be controlled individually, and parts such as batteries or controllers are also not compatible with common drones or FPVs on the market.

Talking to reporters, lawyer Truong Van Tuan, Head of Trang Saigon Law Office, said that drones used in the program are often assets of great value, which can contain private data. The occupation, sale, or use when picked up without returning it may be administratively handled, even criminal, depending on the severity.

According to lawyer Truong Van Tuan, Article 15 of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP (regulations on sanctioning administrative violations in the field of security, social order and safety; prevention and control of social evils; fire prevention and fightin.g; rescue and rescue; prevention and control of domestic violenc.e) clearly states which person "uses, buying, selling, mortgaging, illegally pledging or occupying other people's property" will be fined from 3 million to 5 million VND.

Violators will be subject to an additional sanction of confiscation of material evidences and means of administrative violations; being subject to remedial measures such as returning illegal profits obtained from committing acts of violation or returning property due to illegal occupation.

According to Article 176 of the Criminal Code 2015 (amended and supplemented in 2017), "a person who deliberately fails to return to the lawful owner or manager or fails to hand over to the responsible agency the property valued at between 10 million and less than 200 million VND, or less than 10 million VND but the property is a relic, antiques or objects of historical or cultural value that are mistakenly handed over or found or caught by themselves, after their owners, lawful managers or responsible agencies request the return of such assets in accordance with law, they shall be subject to a fine of between VND 10 million and 50 million. non-custodial reform for up to 2 years or imprisonment from 3 months to 2 years". If the property is worth 200 million VND or more or the property is a national treasure, the violator will be sentenced to up to 5 years in prison.

"Thus, a person who picks up a drone but does not return it to the owner, depending on the value of the number of drones picked up, that person can be fined up to 50 million, non-custodial reform for up to 2 years or imprisoned for up to 5 years," Mr. Tuan explained.

In addition, if you know that the drone was picked up by someone else but did not pay it to the owner but still bought it, depending on the nature, severity and consequences of this act, the buyer may be sanctioned for administrative violations or prosecuted for criminal liability. The person who buys the property, if he knows that it was picked up by another person but does not pay but still buys it, may be prosecuted for criminal liability with a fine of up to 100 million VND, or a non-custodial reform penalty of up to 3 years, or a prison sentence of up to 15 years...

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