Pham Nguyen Ngoc Vu and his followers kidnapped a girl, took her from Vinh Long to Ho Chi Minh City to threaten the hostage's family and demand ransom.
On January 27, Vu, 33 years old, and 6 juniors were arrested by the Ho Chi Minh City Criminal Police Department in coordination with the Criminal Police Department (C02, Ministry of Public Security) and Vinh Long province to investigate their behavior.Kidnapping for the purpose of appropriating property.
Previously, Vinh Long Provincial Police issued a notice about Vu's group kidnapping a female karaoke employee for ransom and putting her in a 7-seater car. The car was moving towards Ho Chi Minh City.
Upon receiving the news, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department directed many detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department and local police to deploy checkpoints on the roads. After two hours, many armed detectives stopped the car, controlled Vu and his followers, and seized a gun.
Vu confessed that he used to be a karaoke bar manager in Dong Nai, the girl was his employee and borrowed 7 million VND. After 6 months, the principal and interest increased to 45 million VND, with no money to pay, the girl returned to her hometown in Vinh Long.
After finding out the address, Vu and his six men planned to kidnap the debtor to threaten her family to pay 150 million. They took the girl in a car to Ho Chi Minh City and waited for the victim's family to come and ransom her.
Ho Chi Minh City Police and C02 have handed over Vu and 6 suspects to Vinh Long Police for handling according to their authority.