First arrest for allegedly instructing the cutting down of a street tree in front of a Big Motor store. First arrest in the country for roadside tree damage after a series of problems were discovered.
According to people involved, the suspect was in the position of an ``environmental improvement promotion committee'' who patrolled and inspected each store. The suspect, a man in his 50s who worked at the company's head office, was suspected of having ordered the trees to be cut down in October 2019 at a store in Kawasaki City.