TOKYO (TR) – An E-bike is a typical bicycle outfitted with an built-in electrical motor to supply help in pedaling by the rider.
As any pedestrian the capital knowns, such bicycles have turn into fairly in style over the previous few years. However, that doesn’t appear to be true for bicycle thieves — no less than in response to Nippon News Network (Oct. 31).
The news website studies that Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 38-year-old man who admits to stealing as much as 2,000 bicycles within the capital.
According to police, Kenji Uehara is suspected of stealing a highway bike value 30,000 yen from a bicycle car parking zone for an condominium constructing in Inagi City in August.
Upon his arrest, Uehara admitted to the allegations. He mentioned, “I stole and sold around 1,000 to 2,000 bicycles. I didn’t target E-bikes because they’re too heavy.”
In finishing up the thefts, Uehara is believed to have posed as a scrap collector. After stealing the bicycles, he loaded them right into a truck he was driving in. He later bought them.