On June 23, Ha Dong District Police ( Hanoi ) said that the unit had coordinated with the City Police's professional departments to arrest Thai Van Quang (24 years old, living in Tan Trieu commune, Thanh Tri, Hanoi) to investigate the case of 9 cars with broken windows in Van Quan urban area.

Previously, at around 7:00 a.m. on June 17, Ha Dong District Police received a report from residents that on the night of June 16 and early morning of June 17, many cars parked overnight on the sidewalk in front of CT8A and CT8B apartments in Van Quan urban area, Van Quan ward, had their windows broken by thieves.

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Many cars are parked in the CT8A and CT8B apartment complex in Van Quan urban area. Photo: TD

According to the reporter's records at the area where the glass windows of 9 cars were broken while they were left overnight (sidewalk in front of CT8A and CT8B apartment buildings in Van Quan urban area, Ha Dong district), by 4:30 pm on June 17, only 1 car remained that had not been taken for repair. In addition, there were many cars parked neatly in the apartment complex.

Some residents said that the cars with broken windows were parked in the apartment complex but were not watched by anyone. Thieves took advantage of the darkness and heavy rain to break the car windows and steal the belongings inside.

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A car with broken windows remains at the scene. Photo: TD

Mr. NTV (45 years old, resident of CT8B apartment building) said that residents have been parking and leaving their cars overnight in the above mentioned areas for a long time. However, this is the first time that the phenomenon of breaking car windows to steal property has appeared.

According to Mr. V, this area has coffee shops and food services that operate late, so thieves do not dare to steal or destroy property like that.

“I suspect that on the night of June 16, there was heavy rain and strong winds, so restaurants were closed to avoid the rain and wind, so thieves took advantage of the situation to smash car windows to steal.

In the morning, seeing the vandalized vehicles, the local people were extremely saddened and angry with the vandals," said Mr. V.

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The driver's side window was smashed by a thief. Photo: TD

Ms. NPY (34 years old; administrator)   reason CT8B apartment building said: "Immediately after discovering the incident, the owners of the vandalized cars reported it to the police.

Upon receiving the information, the police arrived at the scene to verify and record the details. Afterwards, the vehicle owners took their vehicles for repairs.

According to Ms. Y, thieves broke the windows of many cars but almost did not steal anything because the car owners did not leave valuables in the cars.

"There were 6 cars in CT8B apartment complex, 2 cars in CT8A apartment complex, and on 19/5 street in Van Quan urban area, there was 1 car with its window broken," said Ms. Y.

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Broken glass pieces remaining in the CT8B apartment complex. Photo: TD

Ms. Y. informed that the police had extracted the security camera of apartment building CT8B, through which they discovered the thief smashing the car window right when it was raining heavily.

Wear raincoat, wear hat to break car windows to steal property

At noon on June 23, a representative of the Ha Dong District Police said that at around 7:00 a.m. on June 17, the unit received a report from the people that on the night of June 16 and early morning of June 17, there was a phenomenon of many cars being left overnight on the sidewalk in front of the CT8A and CT8B apartment buildings in Van Quan urban area, Van Quan ward, and their windows were broken by thieves.

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Subject at the police station. Photo: Ha Dong Police.

“The traces at the scene led us to two hypotheses: either due to a conflict over car parking, the bad guys destroyed the property to “intimidate” the vehicle owner. Second, the bad guys broke the car window to steal property. However, after carefully assessing the situation, we are leaning towards the second hypothesis,” said a representative of the Ha Dong District Police.

By professional measures, on June 21, the suspect who broke the windows of 9 cars was revealed and was immediately taken to the Ha Dong District Police headquarters for investigation.

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Police verify and investigate at the scene. Photo: Ha Dong Police.

At the police station, Quang confessed that he went stealing due to lack of money, and immediately thought of "prey" being cars parked overnight in residential areas without anyone watching.

Specifically, at around 0:00 on June 17, Quang went to the Nguyen Khuyen street turning into Van Quan urban area. At this time, the thief was wearing a raincoat and a hat to avoid being recognized. Arriving at the CT8 apartment building yard, Quang discovered two unattended cars.

After that, he broke the window of one car but couldn't take anything. He turned to the second car and continued to break and search it, then the car's alarm system was activated.

Frightened, Quang fled the scene. However, he did not stop there. Quang continued to move to the cultural house behind Ha Dong Stadium in Nguyen Trai Ward. There, Quang broke the windows of two cars but did not take anything.

After that, Quang returned to Van Quan ward, followed 19/5 street, passed the soccer field, discovered, broke the window of a red car, took a wireless headset, 3 bills worth 2 USD. Arriving at CT8 apartment building - the initial crime scene, Quang continued to break the windows of 6 more cars to steal property.