The Metropolitan Police Department has dismissed a 35-year-old police officer who was arrested in June for invading a house in Tokyo and stealing more than 3 million yen in cash on the 16th.
Since there is a suspicion that he stole cash etc. in the same way at another house, it is a policy to carry out an additional inspection soon.
Ryota Toshima, a 35-year-old police officer who belongs to the traffic department of the Ogikubo Police Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, was arrested in June for invading the home of a woman in her 70s in Fussa, Tokyo, and stealing more than 3 million yen in cash from a safe. I did.
I visited the Fussa police station under the guise of a staff member and pretended to check the damage after invading the room by telling a lie, saying, "I received a 110th call that the glass broke." It means that he is suspected of stealing cash.
He admitted to the investigation and stated that he was having trouble paying back because he was in debt due to entertainment expenses and shopping.
On the 16th, the Metropolitan Police Department dismissed the chief police officer from disciplinary action, and took responsibility for supervision of five people, including the chief of the police department, Ogikubo.
Also, in June, the Metropolitan Police Department suspected that he had stolen cash of 20,000 yen and a cash card in another house in Fussa city by the same method, so the Metropolitan Police Department is near and pursued on suspicion of theft etc. It is a policy to send an inspection.