Ho Chi Minh City Investigation Police arrested up to eight gang members who allegedly stole 243 Samsung televisions from container truck.
The contents of the stolen container was valued at VND1.5 billion (US$93,750).
According to police, Huynh Quoc Vinh, the alleged mastermind of the crime, used a fake personal ID and driving license to get a job as a driver for the Minh Phuong Company in district 2.
On August 15, Vinh and a colleague named Thao were dispatched to a Samsung warehouse in the Linh Trung Export Processing Zone in Thu Duc District.
Vinh was to then transport the goods to Cat Lai Port in District 2 for export to Africa.
After deceiving Thao at the Mien Dong Bus Station, he drove the container truck to Highway 13 to meet his accomplices and conceal 60 TVs to sell he confessed.
Because the goods were in bulk, the gang decided to divide them into smaller packages for retail trading in different locations.
After unloading the container, Vinh offered to sell the truck for VND120 million ($7,500), but to no avail as no one was willing to buy a truck of unknown origins.
He gave Nguyen Van Sang 70 TVs to hide and sell in Tam Phu Ward, Thu Duc District. Sang then got Mai Van Nong to sell them.
The contraband was sold for VND2.5 million ($156) to VND3.5 million ($219) each.
Nong was arrested at an electronics shop in District 1 trying to sell the TVs.
Based on Nong's deposition, police arrested 7 others, including Vinh and Sang.
(Source: Viet Nam News)
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