In a series of wide-area robberies, the Metropolitan Police Department newly arrested a 22-year-old suspect in a case in which approximately 30 million yen in cash was stolen in Nakano Ward, Tokyo last year.
He is the seventh person to be arrested in this incident, and some members of the group are suspected of causing incidents in various places under the direction of "Luffy", so the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the suspect. It is a policy to elucidate the whole picture of a series of incidents.
Yusei Nishimoto (22) from Joto Ward, Osaka, was arrested.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, in December last year, he broke into a house in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, beat a resident in the face, injured him, and stole about 30 million yen in cash.
The suspect had left Japan after the incident, but was arrested after returning from the Philippines on the 1st.
Seven people have been arrested in this case.
In the Nakano Ward case and the robbery injury case that occurred in Inagi City, Tokyo in October last year, it is known from the statements of the arrested members that a person named "Kim" gave instructions.
The Metropolitan Police Department interrogated Nishimoto and others on the suspicion that some members had joined various groups and caused multiple incidents under the direction of "Luffy" and "Kim". It is a policy to elucidate the whole picture, such as the relationship with the incident.