At the Yaizu fishing port in Shizuoka prefecture, where theft of frozen bonito was discovered one after another, two people, including the former president of a transportation company in Kanagawa prefecture, were newly arrested on suspicion of stealing bonito, according to an interview with investigators. understand.
Police are planning to arrest a few more people in the near future, suspecting that the former presidents have colluded with officials of a major fishery company and carried the stolen bonito to Kagoshima prefecture.
At the Yaizu fishing port, which boasts the largest amount of frozen bonito landed in Japan, theft cases in which the landed bonito were stolen were discovered one after another last year.
Of these, a fisherman in Miyagi Prefecture reported damage in March last year, claiming that about 10 tons of bonito had been stolen, and the police set up a head office in Kanagawa Prefecture based on images from security cameras installed at the fishing port. I have been investigating, such as searching for a related party of a certain transportation company.
As a result, the former president of the transportation company and the former driver of the truck were arrested on the 8th for alleged involvement in the case, according to an interview with an investigative official.
Police are planning to arrest a few more people in the near future, suspecting that the former presidents have colluded with officials of a major fishery company headquartered in Tokyo and carried the stolen bonito to Kagoshima prefecture. ..
Kagoshima Prefecture has the highest production of dried bonito in Japan, and many processing companies are gathering around the Yamakawa fishing port and Makurazaki fishing port, and police are planning to clarify the distribution route of stolen bonito.