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| ▲ This file photo, provided by a reader, shows the suspect (in red circle) in a credit union heist in the central city of Daejeon on Aug. 18, 2023, riding a motorcycle before the crime. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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Police nab suspect in S. Korean credit union robbery in Vietnam
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Police said Sunday they have caught a suspect who fled to Vietnam last month following a credit union heist in South Korea's central city of Daejeon.
The man is suspected of robbing a credit union in Daejeon in August, threatening employees with a pre-prepared weapon.
After stealing 39 million won in cash (US$29,115), he escaped on a stolen motorcycle and then departed for Vietnam some two days after the alleged crime, according to the Daejeon Police Agency.
The man was put under emergency detention at a casino in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang earlier in the day, as South Korean police have been in close cooperation with Interpol and Vietnamese authorities, it added.
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