"Questionnaire for the new Corona" robbery or two men arrested September 25, 12:27
Two men were arrested in Machida, Tokyo, for robbing cash and other items when they visited a house saying, "I want you to cooperate with the questionnaire on the new corona virus."
In the metropolitan area, there are a series of robbery cases disguised as gas inspections, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating suspected involvement of the same group.
The people arrested were Nozomi Nakauchi (20) and Ryoichi Sakurai (23), both of whom had unemployed addresses and were unemployed.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, on the 18th of this month, they broke into a house in Machida, Tokyo, hit an 81-year-old woman and injured her chest, and robbed her of cash and bankbooks. There is suspicion.
The two men pretended to be local government officials and said, "Please cooperate with the questionnaire on the new coronavirus," over the intercom, and when the woman refused, they forcibly invaded the house through the window.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, they all admitted the charges and stated that they had received instructions from a certain person through SNS.
In Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa, there have been 10 other cases of robbery disguised as gas and electricity inspections, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating suspected involvement of the same group.