Fugitive arrested in Dong Nai after 18 years on the run

Police in Dong Nai province have apprehended a man who had been evading authorities for 18 years by using a false identity. During an administrative inspection of a boarding house in Vinh Thanh hamlet, Phuoc An commune, officers noticed irregularities regarding a man identified as Nguyen Ngoc Diep (born 1983).

Through professional investigative measures, police determined that the individual's physical characteristics matched those of Nguyen Ngoc Viet, a person wanted by the Nha Trang City Police in Khanh Hoa province since July 29, 2008. After verifying the identity, Phuoc An commune police arrested the suspect and transferred him to the Nha Trang ward police for legal processing.