On July 7, Long An Ward Police, Tay Ninh Province handed over Le Thanh Hong (38 years old) to My Tinh An Commune Police, Dong Thap Province to continue investigating and handling the act of robbery.
According to initial information, at noon on July 4, Le Thanh Hong drove a motorbike to Binh Cach hamlet, My Tinh An commune. Here, the subject pretended to ask to buy lottery tickets from a man.
After that, Hong suddenly snatched about 150 lottery tickets and drove away from the scene towards Ho Chi Minh City.
At around 4:30 p.m. on July 6, Long An Ward Police, Tay Ninh Province and security and order forces patrolled and controlled National Highway 1 through the area, and discovered a suspect as informed by Dong Thap Provincial Police, driving a motorbike on National Highway 1.
The authorities quickly chased, approached, controlled, and arrested the subject.
At the police station, Hong confessed to robbing lottery tickets in Dong Thap province 2 days ago.
The My Tinh An Commune Police are continuing to investigate and handle the case according to the provisions of law.
