Coast Guard arrests thieves in Vung Tau

Coast Guard arrests thieves in Vung Tau

BA RIA – VUNG TAU (VNS) — The Coast Guard said it caught 11 people red-handed stealing scrap steel from a Malaysian barge in the southern city of Vung Tau on Saturday.

The theft was discovered at 5.30am when a patrol by a combined team including drug enforcement officers at G4 Port in Front Beach found two boats moored beside the Malaysian barge.

The officers caught four of the men loading scrap from the barge into the two boats.

Around 150kg of steel was found in their boats.

The officers took the men and the stolen goods to the Coast Guard base for questioning. — VNS

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