The roadside trees in front of the stores of the used car sales company "Big Motor" were withering in various places, and the Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters was investigating three stores in the prefecture on suspicion of property damage, and sprayed herbicides and caused the trees to wither. On the 7th, the documents were sent to the public prosecutor's office without the suspect being identified, as a causal relationship could not be determined.
It was confirmed that roadside trees were dead in front of three Big Motor stores in Saitama City and Tokorozawa City, etc., and damage was reported after a prefectural investigation detected herbicide components. It has been issued.
After interviewing 60 employees, police found that approximately 20 people admitted to spraying herbicides or instructing them to spray chemicals, but they were unable to conclude that this was the cause of the withering, and the company's head office This means that the instructions could not be confirmed.
As a result, the police were unable to determine the causal relationship between the herbicide spraying and the withering, and on the 7th, they sent a document to the public prosecutor's office on suspicion of property damage without identifying the suspect.
Regarding this issue, Big Motor paid the cost to Saitama Prefecture and Saitama City to restore the roadside trees to their original condition, and in Saitama City the restoration was completed last month.