It turned out that the Metropolitan Police Department had mistakenly arrested the owner of a truck living in Kanagawa Prefecture for intimidating the other driver with a Japanese sword in trouble over driving.
It is said that the suspect was different from the owner of the truck because the characteristics of the physique were different from the image of the drive recorder.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, in April this year, when two trucks were about to collide in Hachioji, Tokyo, and the drivers got into an argument over driving, one driver hit the other driver with a Japanese sword. that he was intimidated.
When the Takao Police Station investigated after receiving the report, the owner in his 30s living in Kanagawa Prefecture was arrested on the morning of the 26th on suspicion of violating the Act on Punishment of Violent Acts based on the number of the truck reflected in the drive recorder.
Since the owner denied the allegations in response to the investigation, when the images of the drive recorder and security camera were checked again, the characteristics of the physique of the suspect driver and the owner were different, and it turned out that they were different people. .
Police released him about two and a half hours after his arrest and apologized to the owner.
The Metropolitan Police Department said that the background investigation was insufficient, and said, "I am very sorry for the owner who was arrested by mistake. We will provide thorough guidance to prevent this from happening in the future."