Ngu Hanh Son District’s police investigators arrested 2 robbery suspects on Tuesday night.

A jewelry shop in Da Nang is seen after robber broke in and took some jewels away on Tuesday night. — VNS Photo Anh Tuan

Senior colonel Ngo Dinh Thu, deputy head of the district’s Public Security Department, recently said that one of the 2 arrestees was Huynh Khac Vinh, 22, from Quang Nam Province.

Vinh, who was studying at the Hoi An-based Phan Chau Trinh University, said he and a group broke into a jewelry shop on Le Van Hien Street around 9.00pm on Monday, using rocks to smash and grab.

The robbers took some golden ear-rings and jewels from the shop.

Local residents joined to block the robbers, but other accomplices used motorbikes to help the burglars escape.

Police seized only 2 men, but they refuse to give official name of the second arrestee.

A civilian broke his leg while pursuing the robbers.

The case is under investigation.

Last year, the city installed security camera systems at 3,296 sites in the event of emergency situations on streets and outside of living quarters, trading centres, industrial parks, markets, restaurants, hotels, bars and offices.

A report from the city stated that the city’s court handled over 1,000 criminal cases in 2015, and public security in the city ranked 28^th out of 64 provinces and cities nationwide.

In March, a bank robber was arrested in Son Tra District just 8 minutes after he took 50 VND million (US$2,200).

Last year, Hue City’s police also seized a robber at a branch of the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam after he escaped on a motorbike with 725 million VND($31,900). 

(Source: VNS)