PANO – Private First Class Ta Van Hop from Battalion 16, Division 312, Army Corps 1, has seized a pickpocket.
At about 3pm on March 11th, on the way to his unit by bus from Giap Bat to My Dinh (Hanoi), Hop saw a couple stealing a wallet of a passenger and they were going to run away at the next stop in Lang street.
Immediately, he grabbed the woman and took back the wallet. Though the pickpocket tried to prove that the wallet belonged to her, Hop drew the ID card from the stolen wallet and showed it to the suspect.
While the theft tried to escape, Hop and two other passengers held tightly her and then handed over the theft to the police of Lang Thuong precinct, Dong Da district.
The pickpocket, Nguyen Thi Huyen, is from Phuc Tho district, Hanoi. The police discovered that the theft had robbed VND 9 million and 5 cell phones on buses.
For extended investigation, on March 13, the police arrested Huyen’s accomplice that teamed up with her to pick the wallet on the bus on March 11th.
Private First Class Ta Van Hop, from Cong Ly commune, Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province, joined the army in September 2013. He has strictly implemented the unit’s regulations and fulfilled all assigned tasks.
His brave act beautified the image of Uncle Ho’s soldiers.
Translated by Pham Huy
Đăng ký: VietNam News
