On the 15th, a 53-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery for threatening to "put 300 million yen in a bag" by breaking into a post office in Moroyama Town, Saitama Prefecture.
According to the police, after 9 am on the 15th, a man disguised as a customer broke into the Moroyama Post Office in Moroyama Town, Saitama Prefecture, and a 47-year-old female employee at the counter said, "In this 300 million." While presenting the memo and the bag, he threatened to "put it in this".
When the postmaster, who was consulted by a female employee, responded, she escaped in a taxi that had been waiting outside without taking anything.
At that time, the postmaster told the taxi driver, "You should go to the police box," so the driver went to the nearest police box with the man on board, and the man was arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery. about it.
At the time of the incident, there were a total of 10 people in the post office, 4 employees and 6 guests, but none of them were injured.
The person arrested was Takatoshi Shinohara, a 53-year-old unemployed person living nearby, who admitted to the investigation that he was "no doubt", according to police.
The police are investigating the details.