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Masked robbers appeared in the middle of Tokyo, Japan, crowded with people.
I entered a high-end watch store, stole watches worth 1 billion won with our own money, and left the scene leisurely.
The citizens who watched this act were so bold that they mistakenly thought they were filming a movie.
Reporter Seongcheol Yoon will tell you.
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This is a high-end watch store located in the middle of Ginza, Tokyo, Japan’s busiest downtown area.
In broad daylight, robbers attack the watch case with iron skewers.
A mysterious masked gang sweeps luxury watches into a sack, but no one stops them.
Citizens mistakenly passing by the scene of the theft were so daring that they mistook it for a movie shoot.
Some people who noticed the theft belatedly block the door, but it is not enough to prevent the escape.
After sweeping the watch store, the gang of robbers escaped in a waiting white van.
[타무라 케이고]
″It’s great to do it proudly in broad daylight, really. Something like this felt like a movie, so I didn’t think it was real.”
[나가토시 요시키]
″It felt like America…not Japan.″
A gang of robbers stole about 100 watches, including a Rolex worth tens of millions of won.
The combined market value of these watches is about 100 million yen, which is about 1 billion won in our money.
Police arrived later and found the van 3 km away from the scene of the crime.
The arrest operation was carried out and a group of four were caught in about an hour, all of whom were under the age of 19.
[체포 현장 목격자]
″It is scary. About 20 to 30 officers spotted the white van and ran up the hill to make an arrest.”
Japan is famous for its low crime rate, but last year, about 30 young people who gathered on social media committed dozens of robberies.
This is MBC News Yoon Seong-cheol.
Video coverage: Lee Jang-sik, Kim Jin-ho (Tokyo) / Video editing: Park Chun-gyu
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2023-05-09 11:28:51
