Saigon motorbike taxi drivers arrested for robbing phone from foreigner

Huynh Huu Hien (L) and Nguyen Thanh Liem at a HCMC police station for robbing a Filipino man, February 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Nhat Vy

HCMC police have detained two men working as motorbike taxi drivers after they robbed a Filipino man of his iPhone.

Huynh Huu Hien, 47, and Nguyen Thanh Liem, 51, who work as motorbike taxi drivers in District 1, hit upon a plan under which they would work together to approach foreigners who appear to be drunk, offer them a low-cost ride to their destination and wait for an opportunity to rob them.

Around 3 a.m. last Saturday, as Hien was driving around in District 1, he saw a drunk Filipino man standing alone near the corner of Hai Ba Trung and Ly Tu Trong streets.

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