TOKYO, Nov 21 (News On Japan) –
A person who hid his face from cameras as he was escorted by police on the Tokorozawa Police Station in Saitama was among the many suspects arrested on suspicion of theft. Police say he and three others allegedly broke a window and entered a vacant house in Hitachi City in August 2025, the place they stole wristwatches and different gadgets valued at about 15,000 yen.
Seven extra Vietnamese nationals, each women and men, had been additionally taken into custody on suspicion of involvement in a sequence of thefts throughout Saitama Prefecture, bringing the overall variety of suspects to 11. Investigators imagine the people belonged to 3 separate felony teams and could also be tied to a fair bigger variety of circumstances.
More than 100 thefts have been reported in Saitama since October, with whole damages exceeding 20 million yen. According to police, most of the automobiles used within the crimes had expired inspections and had been geared up with faux license plates. The three teams are believed to have exchanged automobiles amongst themselves, and investigators have confirmed they’d overlapped at a number of associated places.
Authorities haven’t disclosed the suspects’ statements however suspect the 11 people could have been half of a bigger Southeast Asian felony community working within the area.
Source: FNN