Mr. Nguyen Huu Phuong ( 60 years old, residing in Hamlet 6, Nhi Thanh Commune, Thu Thua Long An District) is the person who drove a taxi to transport Nguyen Thanh Son (34 years old, residing in Hamlet 6, Nhi Thanh Commune) – the kidnapper of a 3-year-old girl demanding a ransom of 2 billion VND.
“Putting the two children in the car, I thought they were both Son’s children. He seemed to love the two children very much. The two of them talked and had fun and even wanted to eat cake and drink milk, so I didn’t have any doubts,” Mr. Phuong recounted.
According to Mr. Phuong, his house is about 500m from Son’s house. Because each person’s work is different, the two of them don’t have much time to talk.
Around 2:40 p.m. on October 2, Son rode his motorbike to his grandfather’s house to call a car to go to Tan An City to pick up his children from school. about. “Son urged me to go quickly,” Mr. Phuong said.
Mr. Phuong’s car drove Son to the kindergarten in Kien Phat residential area, ward 6, Tan An city, and was parked across the street. At this time, Son alone went into the classroom and then led out two children of the same age by his hand.
“The boy’s name is T.N. the girl’s name is M.C. I’ll take you home. After speaking, the three opened the door and got into the car. “The two children laughed and talked happily as they left the school gate,” Mr. Phuong recounted.
When he ran back to Son’s house, he told Mr. Phuong to wait to take his son into the house. “Wait a minute, I’ll let T.N. go inside and take M.C. to the Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City to play and then return tomorrow afternoon. It’s very inconvenient to take you two there,” the taxi driver recounted Nguyen Thanh Son’s words.
According to According to Mr. Phuong, he was driving through Cau Van area, Ben Luc Son district, listening to someone’s phone call and he replied, “The car hasn’t left Ben Luc bridge yet, wait a little longer.” At Ben Luc bridge, the phone rang again and a female voice asked “where are you?”
“I heard Son tell me to go to the Zoo to rent a car travel is afraid of wind and rain. After saying that, he hung up the phone” Mr. Phuong tell.
All the way from Long An to Long An In Ho Chi Minh City, a taxi driver said that little girl M.C. There was no unusual reaction, so the driver still thought it was Son’s biological child.
When the car arrived in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City, Son even reminded the girl to eat cake and drink milk. He took prepared food and drinks from his personal bag and gave them to the baby.
Around 4:30 p.m. the car arrived at the Zoo gate. Son told Mr. Phuong that he would pay, but at exactly 4:00 p.m. on October 3, he had to come to this location to pick him up to pay. Then he held the baby girl and told them to go to their relatives’ house to sleep and go out tomorrow, then return in the afternoon.
Sending off the guests, Mr. Phuong drove back home to Long An to rest. About 2 hours later, Nhi Thanh Commune Police called to invite him to the headquarters to work.
Nearly 10 p.m., Mr. Phuong was surprised when Nguyen Thanh Son captured the little girl and was safely rescued. At this time, criminal detectives informed Mr. Phuong that the child carried in the car in the afternoon was kidnapped by Son to extort billions of money.
Currently, Mr. Phuong’s vehicle is being detained. This man continues to work with the investigation agency.
On the afternoon of October 2, Nguyen Thanh Son went to the kindergarten to pick up his child and also picked up little C.. After sending his child back to his house, Son’s grandmother rented a car to take little C. and ran towards Ho Chi Minh City. During the transfer process, the suspect continuously sent threatening text messages asking baby C.’s family to transfer 2 billion VND in ransom.
When he arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Son sent the baby to Song Hoa Hotel, An Phu Ward, Thu City. Virtue. Next, this person took the Phuong Trang bus to flee to Lam Dong province.
Received information from the victim’s family. Long An Provincial Police coordinated with the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security. Dong Nai province and Ho Chi Minh City Police are investigating. The police divided into several teams to track the suspect as well as block and check vehicles on the kidnapper’s route.
On the evening of October 2, the police received information that the suspect was on a passenger bus traveling on Highway 20 towards Dong Nai – Lam Dong, so a blockade was organized to arrest Son. The police then went to Song Hoa Hotel to rescue the baby safely and hand it over to the family.
When arrested, Nguyen Thanh Son initially admitted that due to gambling, he owed money to many people. creditors pressured him, so he performed the above action.
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