On the morning of April 3, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police are coordinating with Prison No. 5 (under Department C10, Ministry of Public Security) to search for prisoner Mai Van De (33 years old, residing in Hai Giang commune, Hai Hau district, Nam Dinh province) escaped from detention.
Inmate De is serving a 24-month prison sentence for Gambling. At around 4:00 p.m. on April 2, while going to re-education camp, this prisoner escaped from camp. Then, moved to Ha Trung district (Thanh Hoa), robbed the taxi driver Nguyen Van Manh (42 years old, Ha Dong commune, Ha Trung district).
According to Mr. Manh, when he got into the car, prisoner De had the same behavior as a drug addict, his body was thin and weak, and his leg was injured. With many years of driving experience, he thought the passenger did not have money so he stopped at the gas station near his house to fill up gas to ask for payment in advance before continuing the journey.
When he arrived at the gas station, Mr. Manh was informed by the staff that he was transporting escaped inmates. At this time, he coordinated with the gas station staff to pretend to go to the bathroom to “buy time” waiting for the police to arrest the escaped prisoner.
However, about 5 minutes after Before the police arrived, prisoner De climbed into the driver’s seat and stole a taxi from the gas station. When arriving at Ha Linh commune, Ha Trung district (about 5km from the gas station), De left the taxi on Highway 217 and continued to flee.
Mr. Manh said the taxi was being picked up. The police detained him for investigation. Initial examination showed that before leaving the car, the prisoner took Mr. Manh’s phone and more than 800,000 VND in cash from the car.
“I have more than 10 years of experience years of driving a taxi but this is the first time encountering this case. When I knew I was transporting prisoners, I was very scared. Luckily, the gas station staff informed me in time, otherwise we wouldn’t have known what would have happened,” Mr. Manh said.
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