TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male Brazilian man who runs a tour firm over illegally modified sports activities automobiles used for sightseeing excursions for guests in Japan, stories TBS News (Jan. 22).
At round 10:00 p.m. on November 21, Danilo Gomes da Rocha, the 34-year-old president of Hoguruma”, is accused of getting two contract staff drive two sports activities automobiles, together with a Nissan GT-R, with illegally modified mufflers in Koto Ward.
According to police, the unlawful mufflers had been to make the exhaust noise louder.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act, Gomes de Rocha denied the allegations. He mentioned, “I was unaware that the cars were poorly maintained.”
The firm as a company was additionally referred to prosecutors.
According to police, the 2 automobiles picked up international vacationers in home sports activities automobiles and took them round Tokyo Tower and Daikoku Wharf.
The crime was found when the automobiles had been stopped at a checkpoint after dropping off the passengers.
Hoguruma, which is predicated in Shinjuku Ward, generates roughly 200 million yen in annual income from the excursions.