TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have taken greater than 30 girls and boys collectively known as “Toyoko Kids” in protecting custody over the course of 1 week, stories Fuji News Network (Jan. 26).
Between January 17 and 24, officers rounded up 32 girls and boys, aged 14 to 19, within the middle of the Kabukicho red-light district for being out late at night time, smoking and finishing up different offenses.
Four of those youths had been taken into custody for drug abuse. One 14-year-old center college woman from Shizuoka Prefecture was rushed to a hospital after overdosing on over-the-counter medicine.
In addition, 600 sleeping tablets had been discovered within the bag of a 15-year-old center college woman.
Many younger delinquents and runaways congregate across the Toho Cinemas complicated within the coronary heart of Kabukicho. On social media, the youths are known as toyoko, or “Toyoko Kids.”
Tokyo police are urging younger folks to watch out. “There are malicious adults out there, so please do not come here without thinking carefully,” a police spokesperson mentioned.