Bank robbers arrested in Khanh Hoa

Police in Khanh Hoa Province arrested two suspects in a bank robbery on September 6.

Two robbers on security camera

Colonel Dang Duc Luan, head of the police department in Ninh Hoa Commune said they had arrested two men, 36-year-old Tran Hoang Nhat Hung and 30-year-old Dam Minh Quang who robbed a Vietcombank branch in Ninh Hoa Commune on September 5 with a gun.

At 10 am on September 5, the masked men arrived at the Vietcombank branch office by motorbike. One man stayed outside while the other brought the gun and bags inside. The man threatened the bank employees and after taking the money, they fled the scene but left the gun behind.

The police quickly arrested the men, seized four guns, dozens of bullets and about VND3bn (USD128,700) buried under an abandoned house. The police in Ninh Hoa Commune and the criminal police department in Khanh Hoa were awarded VND10m each for the speed case.

Hung and Quang admitted that they had robbed the bank and took away VND4.5bn (USD193,000) of cash. Since they used the masks, they thought that no one could discover their identities and kept on living as usual.