Checking gas and electricity, etc. Robbery cases one after another Attention on September 24, 17:27
There are a series of robbery cases pretending to be inspections of gas and the like.
On the 23rd, in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, a duo of men claiming to be gas dealers broke into an elderly man's room, tied his limbs, and robbed him of 300,000 yen in cash and ran away.
At least 10 similar cases have occurred in and around Tokyo, and the Metropolitan Police Department and others are investigating them.
Around 3:30 pm on the 23rd, two men visited the room of a man in his 70s at an apartment house in Hanahata, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, and said over the intercom, "I came to read the gas meter."
When the man opened the door, they suddenly covered the man's mouth with adhesive tape, tied his limbs, and robbed his wallet of about 300,000 yen in cash and ran away.
The man untied the tape on his own, and after about an hour and a half, he called 110 from a nearby pay phone.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, one man was in his twenties and the other was in his thirties, both wearing gray work clothes and black masks.
In Tokyo, a robbery case pretending to be a gas inspection occurred in Higashimurayama City on the 20th of this month and in Setagaya Ward on the 22nd.
Similar incidents have been occurring in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures since last month, and at least 10 cases have been confirmed, including methods that pretend to be electrical inspections and firefighting inspections.
The Metropolitan Police Department and others are proceeding with the investigation, and are calling attention to the possibility that damage from the same method will continue in the future.
Tokyo Gas "Never visit suddenly and enter the room"
Tokyo Gas cautions that "you will never suddenly visit and enter the room."
According to Tokyo Gas, when conducting regular gas inspections, etc., a guide is always distributed in advance to inform the scheduled date and time of the visit.
In addition, since Tokyo Gas Group workers always carry their ID cards with them, we request that they be asked to show their ID cards through the intercom monitor or door when they are visited.
In addition, the worker's uniform has the Tokyo Gas Group logo sewn on the chest, so there is also a way to check it.
Yuta Shiozawa of the Tokyo Gas Public Relations Department said, "I will never visit a customer's house without prior notice for gas inspection. If you feel any suspicion, please contact the customer center." ..
The contact information for the "Tokyo Gas Customer Center" is 0570-002211.