On the 11th, the police searched an apartment in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, where a group of Vietnamese people lived, as a source of a series of stolen fruits such as peaches in Yamanashi Prefecture.
The police have arrested two people who were in this apartment on suspicion of staying illegally, and will investigate their involvement in the fruit stolen incident in the future.
In Yamanashi Prefecture, a large amount of fruits such as peaches and grapes were stolen just before harvesting, and since mid-June this year, there have been 37 cases in total, and the damage amounted to about 7.5 million yen. increase.
Due to the large scale of damage per location, the police suspected that the crime was committed by a group, and were proceeding with the analysis of images such as security cameras around the scene.
As a result, in a fruit theft incident in July this year, a suspicious car that moved in Yamanashi Prefecture around the time of the damage was identified, and a car with matching characteristics was found in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture. about it.
Then, on the 11th, we searched the apartments in Isesaki City where a group of Vietnamese people who were believed to have used this car lived as a connection to the fruit theft case.
The police have arrested two Vietnamese men in their 20s and 30s who were in the room on suspicion of staying illegally, and will investigate their involvement in the incident in which a large amount of fruits were stolen in Yamanashi Prefecture.