This month, in Hitachiomiya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, a man arrested for burglary did not actually burglary, but police released him once and suffered damage, saying he was explaining the lie. Along with an acquaintance man who had reported that he was there, he was arrested again on suspicion of obstructing counterfeit business.
Osamu Sugimori, a 29-year-old unemployed person with an unspecified residence, was arrested on the 13th of this month for stealing about 2 million yen in cash by sneaking into a house in Hitachiomiya City.
According to the police, he said, "I used the stolen money for gambling," but on the 25th, he stated that he was asked to lie.
For this reason, the police released Sugimori on the 25th, and along with Yuki Nikata (29), a remodeling intermediary who had reported that he had been damaged, said that he interfered with the police's business by reporting a lie on the 26th. , Arrested on suspicion of obstructing counterfeit business.
The two are high school classmates, both of whom have admitted to the investigation.
Police received a report from Mr. Nikata on the 10th of this month that "the cash of 2 million yen at home was gone", and Sugimori, who had been in and out of this house, said he had entered a burglary. He said that he had been arrested and that "the investigation was carried out properly and there was no problem."
Police are also investigating the motives for the two suspects to explain the lie, as the couple had lost some of the cash they had kept at home.