![[I don’t remember if I stole a car]Stealing a passenger car idling at a convenience store A self-proclaimed Australian man (45) who came for sightseeing | Hokkaido | News | STV Sapporo TV](https://www.stv.jp/news/stvnews/i483pe0000000ad8-img/i483pe0000000adr.jpg "[I don’t remember if I stole a car]Stealing a passenger car idling at a convenience store A self-proclaimed Australian man (45) who came for sightseeing | Hokkaido | News | STV Sapporo TV")
From around 1:30 a.m. to around 2:00 a.m. on the 16th, the man was at a convenience store in Niseko Hirafu, Kutchan-cho.
He is suspected of stealing a passenger car (equivalent to 2.5 million yen in market value) parked in the parking lot.
According to the police, the car of a female convenience store employee was stolen.
I was idling to warm up the car before returning home, and the passenger car was not locked.
Tire marks from the parking lot showed the direction the passenger car was headed, and police officers who received the report searched the surrounding area.
A passenger car was parked near the entrance of the hotel about 600 to 700 meters away from the convenience store,
It is said that he was arrested after asking a job question from where a man was nearby.
The man is visiting for sightseeing to ski and snowboard, and denies the charges that he does not remember the investigation.
The man was drunk when he was found, and police are investigating the possibility that he was driving under the influence of alcohol.
