The Metropolitan Police Department arrested three men for stealing cash by invading a yakiniku restaurant in Tokyo that had been unmanned due to the effects of the new coronavirus, and also on the 14th It is a policy to arrest.

The Metropolitan Police Department is calling attention to the damage caused by theft at stores that are open short hours.

Damage to stores that are open in a short time has increased sharply

From midnight on January 31st to early dawn on February 1st, someone broke the window glass and broke into a yakiniku restaurant in Hachioji, Tokyo, stealing a cash register containing more than 120,000 yen in cash and escaping.



The store closed at 8 pm due to the new coronavirus and was unmanned at the time.



According to investigators, the Metropolitan Police Department has arrested three men in their twenties for stealing cash registers containing cash.



In addition, the policy is to arrest Suspect Kotachibana (24), who is believed to be an instructor and has been arrested in another robbery case, with an unspecified address and unemployed, on suspicion of theft on the 14th.



According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the number of cases of short-time business stores being stolen has increased rapidly, and there are already 53 cases in Tokyo.



The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the suspects are also involved in another case.



A woman who owns a yakiniku restaurant that suffered damage said, "It's a big pain because sales are declining significantly due to the impact of the new corona. I feel like I can't forgive the criminal."

Damaged yakiniku restaurant "I can't forgive the criminal"

A yakiniku restaurant in Hachioji, Tokyo, which was damaged, responded to the interview.



According to the owner, Tokue Kanai, the police contacted me on the morning of February 1st, and when I rushed to the store, the window glass was broken and the cash register where about 120,000 yen of cash was stored was stolen. is.



The pictures taken at the time show scattered glass and pieces of concrete that the criminal believed to have used to break the windows.



The stolen cash register was just replaced by a new one at a cost of about 800,000 yen, which means that it cost nearly 1 million yen including the cost of repairing the window glass.



Mr. Kanai said, "It's a big pain because sales are declining significantly due to the influence of the new corona. It was stolen with the customer's heartfelt money," It's hard, but do your best. " It was while I was trying hard to make it happen. I feel strongly that I cannot forgive the criminal. "

53 cases of damage in Tokyo in 3 months

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the damage caused by the theft of cash etc. after the store is closed is increasing rapidly, and in Tokyo, there are 53 cases only known in the three months until March. ..



The Metropolitan Police Department is calling for sufficient measures such as not leaving cash in the store after it is closed, even if it is locked.