TOKYO (TR) – A 28-year-old safety guard has been arrested after a dropped two-way radio linked him to a violent shoplifting try in Minato Ward that left a grocery store loss-prevention officer injured, police introduced Friday.
Yu Sasaki is accused of stealing 4 bento field lunches—valued at roughly 2,500 yen—from a grocery store within the Mita space on Thursday, experiences TV Asahi (Apr. 10).
“I didn’t have any money,” Sasaki mentioned in admitting to the allegations.
During his getaway, Sasaki allegedly assaulted an undercover retailer safety guard, generally generally known as a “shoplifting G-man,” injuring the officer earlier than fleeing the premises.
However, the suspect’s escape was shortly thwarted. Investigators recovered a work-issued walkie-talkie that Sasaki left behind on the crime scene, which served because the essential clue resulting in his identification and subsequent arrest.
Local authorities are persevering with to research the precise circumstances surrounding the theft and the following altercation.