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Not all that glitters is gold, not all that rob are smart

October 15, 2019 - 11:00

Đinh Thanh Tùng, 30, of Ngô Quyền District, the northern city of Hải Phòng has been arrested for robbing a gold shop in the nearby province of Quảng Ninh.

Đinh Thanh Tùng, 30, of Ngô Quyền District, the northern city of Hải Phòng has been arrested for robbing a gold shop in the nearby province of Quảng Ninh.— Photo thanhnien.vn

Đinh Thanh Tùng, 30, of Ngô Quyền District, the northern city of Hải Phòng has been arrested for robbing a gold shop in the nearby province of Quảng Ninh.

Last Tuesday afternoon, Tùng used a pistol to force two women working in Lương Oanh gold shop in Đông Triều Town, Quảng Ninh Province to hand over about VNĐ200 million (US$8,600).

When he tried to escape, he dropped the bag with all the money and a mobile phone at the door of the gold shop.

One of the women quickly picked up the bag and fled into the shop.

Police quickly identified the robber after unlocking his mobile phone and finding a lot of his selfies. A day later, he turned himself in to local police.

If you fail to prepare, you're preparing to fail, which is what happened to this thief who went out on the job while holding identifying information. — VNS

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