By Joe Fotalattee
Thien Giang Provincial Police criminally detained several subjects on February 13 for misappropriating property, using weapons, loan sharking, and illegal sand mining.
Dang Hoang Vu, also known as Vu Tinh, was born in 1971 and resides permanently at Tran Hung Dao Street in My Tho City, Tien Giang. He is a member of an alleged loan-shark gang in Chau Thanh district.
Additional suspects Nguyen Van Vui, also known as Vui Ba Dang, born in 1985, resides in My Tho city, Pham Thanh Hien, also known as Cu Den born in 1994, resides in My Thanh Nam commune, and Cai Lay district and Tran Thanh Tuan, also known as Tuan Bo, born in 1978, resides in Phu Kie.
The Tien Giang Provincial Police had previously discovered the group controlling the area displaying evidence of protection, debt collection, property expropriation, illegal sand mining, theft, and using weapons in Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, and Ben Tre provinces.