(PLO) – The Police of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City confronted hotel cleaners who stole 2,000 Euros from a French tourist.
On the evening of November 1, at the headquarters of the District 1 Police, the CSHS Team returned the amount of 2,000 Euros to Mr. Aurellien Raphael (born 1982, French nationality). This is the amount of money stolen from a hotel room in District 1 by a French tourist.
Before that, on the evening of October 22, Mr. Aurellien Raphael rented a room and stayed alone in room number 702 of the hotel on Thu Khoa Huan Street, Ben Thanh Ward.
The next morning, the male tourist left around 4,000 Euros in two envelopes, put his bag in the corner of the room, and then left the hotel. tourism at Cu Chi.
In the evening, Mr. Aurellien Raphael returned to his room and found that there were signs on his backpack that it was immediately checked and found that 2,000 Euros were missing in two envelopes.
Out of shock, the French guest did not report this incident to the hotel receptionist. On October 24, the male tourist went to Ben Thanh Ward Police to report.
The police team, District 1 Police and Ben Thanh Ward Police investigated and confirmed that the suspect was Nguyen Anh Phong (born in 1987, from Ben Tre).
At the investigation agency, Phong announced that he was a probationary employee cleaning the hotel rooms from October 19, 2024. On the morning of October 23, when possible management The hotel assigned cleaning tasks to room 702, Phong took it stole 2,000 Euros.
After that, Phong took more than 54 million VND to three gold shops in District 4, 7 and Thu Duc City and personally spent it.
After learning about the incident, the owners of the gold shop voluntarily gave the foreign currency to the police for investigation. The shop owners did not know that this was property stolen by Phong.
The District 1 Police Department has charged Phong with investigating the theft of property.
Getting his property back, the foreign guest was happy and praised the Vietnamese Police for their efforts resolve the issue recover assets as soon as possible. The male tourist said that he was very happy with the statue and the people of Vietnam Next time he will invite his relatives and friends to Ho Chi Minh City and other areas and cities of Vietnam to travel.
