A convicted killer, who escaped from a prison in Thanh Long Commune, Thach Thanh District, Thanh Hoa Province has been captured 12 hours after he fled custody.

Trieu Quan Su, 31, was arrested on Wednesday in Thanh Hoa Province.— Photo dantri.com.vn

Trieu Quan Su, 31, was arrested in the province’s Ha Trung District, Major General Tran Phu Ha, director of the provincial Police Department said on Wednesday afternoon.

Su stole a bike from a local household while escaping but it broke off after a while, so he stole another one to travel to Yen Duong Commune, where he sold it off for VND 100,000 before his suspicious behaviour caught the attention of local authorities.

This was the third time he escaped from his prison.

In 2012, he murdered the owner of a coffee shop in Long Bien District in Ha Noi to rob the premises. In 2013, he received life-sentence for murder, robbery, and desertion from the army.

At the end of 2015, while serving his sentence in Quang Ngai central province, Sự escaped from prison. He was arrested a month later, and was sentenced to three more years for escaping and three years for robbery.

In June 2020, while in prison in Quang Ngai, Sự climbed over the watch tower, clinging to the water pipe to escape. He was arrested 15 days later in a computer games shop in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam Province.

The Thanh Hóa authorities on Tuesday night issued an urgent notice to search for Sự.

The police advised that Su was very dangerous, so when people detect him, they should not approach him but immediately report his whereabouts to the nearest authorities.

Vu Trong Hung, chairman of the Thanh Long Commune People’s Committee, said that after receiving information, the commune immediately alerted six stations to search for Sự.

Local authorities also broadcast details of the case on the loudspeaker system so that residents can be vigilant.

Hung added that at about 10pm on Tuesday, the police discovered a mobile phone sim card, which had just been active, in a forest behind the prison in Thanh Long Commune. The police suspected that the sim card was used by Su.

Fearful of the danger to the public, an elite police unit was assigned to search for Su after he escaped from prison. 

Source: VNS