Arrested man on suspicion of attempted robbery Investigation related to robbery case disguised as gas inspection October 21, 15:39
Last month, a 25-year-old man was arrested for breaking into a house in Kawasaki and trying to detain a woman in her 80s with adhesive tape and steal cash.
In the metropolitan area, there are a series of robbery cases pretending to be inspections of gas, etc., and police are also investigating the relationship.
The man is denying the charges.
Riki Tanaka, a 25-year-old suspect in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, was arrested. According to police, he broke into a house in Yuki Ward, Kawasaki City on the 17th of last month and detained a woman in her 80s living in this house with adhesive tape. In addition, there are suspicions such as attempted robbery for trying to steal cash.
The duo broke in, and when the family noticed, they ran away without robbing anything, but it was found from the images of the security cameras that Tanaka was suspected to be involved.
In response to the investigation, he denied the charges that he had not done so.
About a month before the incident, a suspicious duo pretending to be inspecting gas visited the house, and police said that it was related to a series of robbery cases pretending to be inspecting gas etc. I will also investigate about.