Last December, two men and women in their twenties were arrested for stealing baseball gloves from a sporting goods store in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
The man stated that he had stolen hundreds of gloves, and police are investigating that he suspected that he had stolen gloves all over the country.
Two people were arrested, both unemployed in Kosugi, Toyama City, Motoki Toyoda (29) and Aimu Hirano (22).
According to police investigation, they are suspected of stealing two baseball gloves from a sporting goods store in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, worth a total of about 57,000 yen on December 20, last year.
When the police identified the suspect Toyoda from the images taken by the security cameras and examined his home, he found 21 gloves, some of which were as expensive as 60,000 yen.
In response to the investigation, Toyoda admitted that he had stolen hundreds of gloves from more than 50 stores nationwide. He sold them and used them for his living expenses.
According to Toyoda's account, there was a transfer of several million yen from a trader, which is equivalent to about 100 items such as gloves, and the police suspected that he was stealing gloves all over the country. I am.