Police apprehended a female suspect more than five hours after she entered a jewelry store in Duc Tho commune, pretending to be a customer before snatching multiple necklaces; an accomplice remains at large.

Pham Minh Khoa, an employee of a traveling lottery troupe, was arrested a day after snatching a phone from a Ukrainian male tourist in An Hai ward.

Seeing a 96-year-old woman in a wheelchair, Vu Viet An's group pretended to ask for directions then suddenly snatched her handbag.