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Drug suspect surrenders after 4-hour armed stand-off with police in Vietnam

Drug suspect surrenders after 4-hour armed stand-off with police in Vietnam

Saturday, February 16, 2019, 16:58 GMT+7
Drug suspect surrenders after 4-hour armed stand-off with police in Vietnam
Police officers perform a body search on a drug suspect after he surrenders himself following a four-hour police standoff in Ha Tinh Province in north-central Vietnam on February 15, 2019, as seen in a still photo taken from footage filmed by a local resident.

A drug suspect who held his ground inside a pick-up truck loaded with weapons has surrendered after a four-hour standoff with police officers in Ha Tinh Province in north-central Vietnam on Friday.

Ha Tinh police said they pulled over two vehicles on the National Highway 8A at around 3:00 pm following reports that the cars were transporting a large shipment of narcotics.

Only one of the two vehicles followed the order and pulled over, with its driver immediately arrested by officers.

The other vehicle, a white pick-up truck carrying two men, continued to move forward at high speed in an apparent attempt to escape arrest.

As the truck was approaching an intersection, its driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged into a nearby field.

Local residents watch a standoff between police officers and a drug suspect in Ha Tinh Province in north-central Vietnam on February 15, 2019, as seen in a still photo taken from footage filmed by a local resident.
Local residents watch a standoff between police officers and a drug suspect in Ha Tinh Province in north-central Vietnam on February 15, 2019, as seen in a still photo taken from footage filmed by a local resident.

One suspect on the truck surrendered himself to officers, while the remaining man stayed inside the vehicle and threatened to fight back with what appeared to be guns and hand grenades.

Hundreds of police officers were dispatched to the scene to surround the suspect and ward off curious local residents who had gathered to watch the police standoff.

After four hours of negotiating, he finally gave in and surrendered himself at over 7:00 pm. Nobody was hurt during incident.

Police officers perform a body search on a drug suspect after he surrenders himself following a four-hour police standoff in Ha Tinh Province in north-central Vietnam on February 15, 2019, as seen in footage filmed by a local resident.

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