Suspected of stealing a luxury watch at the investigation site Police officer arrested Utsunomiya September 19 18:35
A 35-year-old police officer of Tochigi Prefectural Police, who visited a condominium room where a man died last month in Utsunomiya, was arrested for stealing a luxury watch worth 3 million yen from the room.
Arrested by Utsunomiya Central Police Station Criminal Division 1 Police Department Director, Nihei Rikuo (35).
According to the Tochigi Police Headquarters, when the police officer Nihei visited a condominium room where a man had died in Utsunomiya City for investigation last month, he was suspected of stealing a luxury watch worth 3 million yen from the room. It is.
On the 10th of this month, the Tochigi Prefectural Police was investigating information from a police headquarters in another prefecture that a second-hand goods purchaser received an offer from a person who named himself a Tochigi Prefectural Police officer. It was.
In response to the investigation, General Manager Nirahira stated that he had debts. He had apologized to the victims and admitted the charges.
Mr. Hiroyuki Fujita, chief inspector of the Tochigi Prefectural Police, said, “We are very sorry for the police officer to have caused such a case, and we sincerely apologize to the victims and the residents of the prefecture. We will investigate the facts and deal with them strictly. "