An interview with an investigative official revealed that a Vietnamese man arrested and charged with stealing a large amount of pears in a pear garden in Kamikawa Town, Saitama Prefecture, was suspected of stealing squid in Gunma Prefecture last September. ..
The police are planning to re-arrest on the 9th, and since there were a series of other watermelon thefts around the scene, we are investigating whether it is related.
Nguyen Hugh Toh, a 28-year-old Vietnamese national from Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, was arrested and charged with stealing 182 pears worth about 70,000 yen after sneaking into a pear garden in Kamikawa Town, Saitama Prefecture, with his friends last September. It was.
According to police, he denied the charges against the post-arrest investigation.
In a subsequent investigation, it was found in an interview with investigators that Nguyen was suspected of stealing about 40 watermelons in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture in May last year, worth about 20,000 yen.
The police are planning to re-arrest on suspicion of theft on the 9th, and since there were a series of other watermelon thefts around the scene, we are investigating whether it is related.