TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested members of a yakuza syndicate over the alleged assault of a fellow gangster whom they believed was leaking data, experiences Jiji Press (Mar. 31).
Among the six arrested on suspicion of theft and assault are Yoshiaki Suzuki, the 54-year-old chief of a subordinate gang of the Sumiyoshi-kai-affiliated Kohei-ikka, and 56-year-old Masanori Tamura, a member of the identical gang.
Between 11:30 p.m. on February 22 and seven:30 a.m. the next day, the six suspects allegedly confined the man gangster, aged in his 40s, inside a constructing in Toshima Ward. They additionally beat him severely and stole a necklace and different objects value roughly 900,000 yen.
The sufferer suffered accidents that required about one month to heal, police stated.
Tokyo police haven’t disclosed whether or not the six suspects have admitted to the costs.
The sufferer was held captive by the suspects as a result of they suspected him of leaking data to a different yakuza group.
The Kohei-ikka is the most important yakuza group within the capital. It is believed to be closely concerned in tokushu sagi, or specialised fraud, and drug trafficking. Tokushu sagi is carried out on the phone by a caller impersonating an authority determine or a sufferer’s relative.
Tokyo police plan to strengthen its particular process drive beginning subsequent month with the intention of dismantling the group.