Four people, including an executioner and a lookout, were arrested for sneaking into a trading card store in Tokyo's Toshima Ward and stealing approximately 400 cards from the popular anime "Pokémon." The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the incident in detail, believing that he may have been involved in more than 20 similar incidents in and around Tokyo.
A total of four people were arrested, including Taichi Ito, 35, of Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, whose occupation is unknown, and Hayato Fukuda, 32, of Shinjuku Ward, whose occupation is unknown.
In December of last year, he is suspected of sneaking into Trading Card Highlight Ikebukuro, a trading card store in Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima Ward, and stealing approximately 400 Pokémon cards by breaking the showcase with a crowbar.
It is believed that Ito and Fukuda sneaked into the store, while the other two were keeping watch outside the store.
In response to the investigation, some of the four suspects denied the charges, while some admitted the charges and made statements such as ``I sold the stolen cards to Chinese people.''
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the matter in detail, believing that the four were involved in more than 20 incidents in which trading cards were stolen from stores in and around Tokyo between January and December last year.