SHIKOKU –
A person suspected of stealing 24 medaka fish from an unmanned roadside store tried to destroy proof by throwing the fish and their containers from his automobile window whereas fleeing police in an incident on September 25.
Security digicam footage captured the person arriving on the unmanned gross sales stand shortly earlier than 7 a.m. on September 25. After rigorously inspecting the medaka on show, he picked up two containers with each fingers and walked away with out paying, ignoring the fee field immediately in entrance of him.
The man then returned to the stand, examined extra fish and took one other two containers. He repeated the method a 3rd time, stealing a complete of six containers holding 24 medaka in roughly three minutes.
The store proprietor estimated the losses at 11,500 yen.
“I thought this location would be relatively safe because there are plenty of people passing by and the shop is clearly visible,” the proprietor stated.
After discovering the theft on safety digicam footage, the proprietor contacted police, who visited the scene to analyze.
However, the incident took an sudden flip shortly after 5 p.m., when the identical man returned to the unmanned stand, simply after police had accomplished their investigation and left.
The proprietor, who occurred to be close by, acknowledged the person and photographed the license plate of his automobile earlier than contacting police once more.
“I told him the police were coming and asked him not to leave, but he said he was busy and drove away,” the proprietor stated.
Realizing that police had been contacted whereas he was inspecting the fish, the person acquired into his automobile, which was parked immediately in entrance of the store, and fled towards Shimanto City.
Police subsequently pursued the automobile, however the suspect reportedly took extraordinary measures to eliminate the stolen items.
According to the proprietor, the person started throwing medaka out of his automobile window in an obvious try to destroy proof. He additionally discarded empty containers towards a mountainous space alongside his escape route.
“It seems he was throwing the medaka out of the window to get rid of the evidence. He also threw empty containers toward the mountains. The police apparently had a difficult time dealing with everything in the rain,” the proprietor stated.
Police finally apprehended the person and are investigating him on suspicion of theft.
Source: FNN