OSAKA (TR) – Police in Osaka City have arrested a 30-year-old man and an confederate who allegedly beat and robbed a person of 5.5 million yen in money beneath the guise of a narcotics transaction, reviews Mainichi Broadcasting System (July 13).
Tatsuhiko Shimizu and his 23-year-old accused co-conspirator, Yudai Yamashita, are suspected of attacking a 24-year-old man on a avenue Miyakojima Ward on June 13.
The assailants allegedly beat the sufferer with a baton-like weapon, inflicting severe accidents, earlier than fleeing with a bag containing the huge sum of money.
According to police, the suspects organized to fulfill the sufferer beneath the pretense of a “cocaine deal.” While conducting a purported “body check” on the sufferer, the lads all of the sudden positioned him in a chokehold and initiated the violent assault.
Investigators consider a number of different accomplices have been concerned within the plot. Police are persevering with their investigation on the suspicion that the theft was orchestrated by a tokuryu ring, whose members give and obtain orders by way of smartphone apps.