Spanish couple’s reportedly lost iPad, iPhone submitted to Ho Chi Minh City police

Police in District 1 on Wednesday received the two items from the district-based Nam Phuong Bus Company, which said that “the devices had been sent to the firm by an unidentified person from Nha Trang City to be returned to their owner,” according to news websiteVnExpress.

An investigator at the district police office said, “We will coordinate with the Office of Foreign Affairs to contact the foreign couple to verify whether the two items are theirs.”

On July 21, Marta, 35, her 39-year-old husband David, both of Spanish nationality, and their two children took a trip from Nha Trang, the capital city of Khanh Hoa Province, to Ho Chi Minh City on a Nam Phuong bus, as part of their tour of Vietnam which started in early July.

The couple lay the items on their bodies and fell asleep that night, and when they woke up at 3:00 am the next morning, they were gone.

They reported the loss to the bus driver and requested a search for the lost items among the luggage of the other passengers on the bus.

With the consent of the other passengers, a search was conducted, but the items were nowhere to be found.

After getting off the bus in Pham Ngu Lao Ward in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, David reported the case to the ward police, with the aid of locals.

Although the reported incident had not taken place in the ward, police still made a report on it and assigned officers to join the couple in working with the bus firm to handle the case.

The couple’s loss was covered by the media and posted on Facebook, and it has received many comments from readers.

After the incident, the firm suspended the two drivers who had operated the bus on which the alleged loss happened, pending an official conclusion from the investigation agency.

The National Traffic Safety Committee requested that Ho Chi Minh City police clarify the property loss as soon as possible.

The committee also asked the Departments of Transport of the city and Khanh Hoa to inspect the bus company’s compliance with regulations on passenger transportation and crack down on violations, if any.