METRO VANCOUVER -- Two brothers and a third man were arrested by Vancouver police after two Vancouver residents returning home after a night at the River Rock Casino in Richmond were robbed at gunpoint while exiting from their car in their garage.
Police allege two of the men, holding handguns, demanded money from the casino players after they had followed them home from the casino.
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Neither victim were injured and the men fled in the car after getting some cash.
"We were called and as a result of some great work by our forensic identification team, evidence was located that led us to identify a known suspect," Vancouver Police Const. Lindsey Houghton said.
He said a surveillance team was assembled and on Nov. 3, undercover officers located the suspect, followed him to the River Rock Casino, and watched him and his accomplices pick their next target as the potential victim left the casino.
"The suspects were watched as they followed the lone unsuspecting Vancouver resident from Richmond into Vancouver," Houghton said.
Before they got to the target's home, police decided to surprise the suspects at another location that wouldn't put the potential victim in danger.
The emergency response team made the arrest before they could complete their planed robbery. A search of their car revealed two replica handguns and balaclavas.
Charged are 20-year-old Daniel Sheng Long Hoong and his 18-year-old brother William Wei Lun Hoong, and 30-year-old Yan Wang.
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