A 25-year-old police officer on the Metropolitan Police Department Mitaka Police Station was arrested on suspicion of stealing a number of million yen in money from a home that he visited to verify his security after receiving a name to 110.
Yuta Yabuki (25), chief police officer of the Mitaka Police Station Regional Division, was arrested.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Police Officer Yabuki is suspected of stealing a number of million yen in money from a home in Mitaka City between the twentieth and the subsequent day of this month.
A person in his 60s lived alone in the home, however a relative who was suspicious that he couldn’t be contacted known as 110 on the twentieth of this month, and the chief police officer visited to verify his security. .
The man died in the home, and the chief constable and others confirmed the scene.
However, after that, the relations seen that a few of the money exceeding 10 million yen that was stored in the home was lacking, and reported it to the Metropolitan Police Department.
As a results of the investigation, it was discovered that the chief constable was suspected of stealing.
In response to the investigation, he admitted to the suspicion, saying, “There is no doubt that I did it.”
The Metropolitan Police Department commented, “It is an outrageous act as a police officer, and we will thoroughly investigate and deal strictly based on the facts that have been revealed.”