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Man arrested for stealing from foreigner

By DA NANG Today / DA NANG Today
November 29, 2021, 11:22 [GMT+7]

Police in the Crime Investigation Division of the Da Nang Department of Public Security said on Monday morning that they had arrested a young man for breaking into a foreigner’s house and stealing property.

Vo Thanh Bao Nhan (right) at the police station (Photo courtesy: the Crime Investigation Division of the Da Nang Department of Public Security)
Vo Thanh Bao Nhan (right) at the police station (Photo courtesy: the Crime Investigation Division of the Da Nang Department of Public Security)

Previously, on November 27, police received a report about a thief breaking into a house on Tran Trong Khiem Street, Khue My Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, and stealing property from a female Chinese national, identified as C.J. The stolen items consisted of a cell phone, US$100, 2 Hong Kong bills and VND6 million in cash.

After an investigation, police in the city on Sunday arrested Vo Thanh Bao Nhan, 24, residing in Son Tra District’s Tho Quang Ward.

According to his confession, Nhan pleaded guilty to the charges, and added that, in addition to the above theft, since the beginning of November 2021, he has carried out 4 burglaries in My An and Khue My wards in Ngu Hanh Son District. The loss from the burglaries is a total of about VND60 million.

It is known that Nhan had a previous conviction for similar offence in 2015. On March 26, 2021, Nhan was sentenced to 6 months in jail by the Da Nang People's Court for the crime of stealing property. And, while waiting for serving the sentence, he continued to commit the aforementioned theft.

Reporting by LE HUNG – Translating by M.DUNG

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