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Japanese police arrest four foreign residents on charges of stealing over 100 cars

• SoraNews24
  Nov 13, 2024
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Thefts took place across five prefectures in east Japan.

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• (cars • crazy • crime • theft)

Osaka zookeeper caught stealing chimpanzees’ food

• Master Blaster
  Oct 5, 2024

Victims claim to have seen no evil, heard no evil, nor spoken no evil.

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• Japan
• (chimpanzees • crime • food • Osaka • Tennoji Ward • Tennoji Zoo • theft • weird)

Thieves invade Osaka office and steal 10 million yen worth of trading cards

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 10, 2024

“Which are da expensive ones?”

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• (COK • collectible card games • collectible cards • crime • theft • trading cards)

Japanese police arrest Vietnamese man for stealing 3,000 pears in roughly 24 hours

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 31, 2024

Grand theft fruit.

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• (agriculture • COK • crazy • crime • food • fruit • pears • theft • weird)

Tokyo police arrest two men for theft of 4.98 million-yen Yu-Gi-Oh! card

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2024

The Heart of the Cards had the law on its side.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • card games • COK • collectible cards • collectible trading card games • crime • robbery • theft • trading cards • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

“We came to Japan to shoplift” – Ring of foreign thieves arrested for stealing nearly 100 Uniqlo items

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2024

Arrest leads to connection with over 5,000 more stolen items.

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• (COK • crazy • crime • shoplifting • theft • Uniqlo)

Junior high principal in Hyogo fired for stealing seven half cups of coffee

• Master Blaster
  Feb 2, 2024

One sip over the line, sweet Jesus. One sip over the line…

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• Japan
• (coffee machine • convenience stores • crime • Hyogo • junior high school • principals • theft)

Japanese man arrested on Christmas Eve on suspicion of stealing Santa statue, giving it to waitress【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2023

Investigators say they’ve cracked this Christmas case.

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• (Christmas • COK • crazy • crime • Santa • theft • video • weird)

Naked Ishigaki man arrested after buying underwear and stealing scooter while drunk

• Master Blaster
  Sep 26, 2023

That last part probably goes without saying.

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• (convenience stores • crime • Ishigaki • scooters • strange • theft • underwear)

Japanese woman arrested for stealing boyfriend’s Kingdom Hearts video game figure

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2023

Investigation appears to have been simple, arrest clean.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • figures • Kingdom Hearts • Square Enix • theft • video games • weird)

Aichi woman arrested for stealing ice cream from a delivery truck because it was too hot

• Master Blaster
  Jul 19, 2023

Ice crime!

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Ama City • assault • crime • Genky • ice cream • theft)

Japanese police face criticism for improper handling of stolen Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 14, 2023

That’s not how you’re supposed to store collectible cards.

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• (anime • card games • collectable card games • collectable cards • crime • evidence • evidence display • funny • Pokemon • police evidence • theft • video • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Okinawa man hired to steal 1,500 Pokémon cards arrested in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Jun 14, 2023

The mastermind is still at large, but police are optimistic they’ll catch ’em all.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • burglary • card shop • crime • Okinawa • Pokemon • pokemon cards • theft • Tokyo • yami baito)

Urine-soaked loot – Police in Sapporo looking for serial urinal grate thief

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 7, 2023

“WHY?!?” is the first question that springs to mind, but first the police want to answer “Who?”

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• (COK • crazy • crime • gross • Sapporo • theft • Toilets • weird)

Man arrested for stealing a pack of lactic acid drinks from Osaki City Hall

• Master Blaster
  Jun 6, 2023

Stolen goods valued at 600 yen, but their probiotic benefits are priceless.

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• (City Hall • crime • lactic acid bacteria • lactic acid drink • Miyagi • Osaki • strange • theft • Yakult)

Aichi man arrested for failing to steal very large donation box from Shinto shrine

• Master Blaster
  Apr 25, 2023

Karma police, arrest this man.

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• (Aichi • crime • donation box • Nishio • saisenbako • shinto • shrine • strange • theft)

Hyogo man arrested for stealing over 1,000 New Year greeting cards to “distract from loneliness”

• Master Blaster
  Feb 16, 2023

1,000 is the loneliest number.

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• (crime • Hyogo • nengajyo • New Year's • New Year's cards • Nishinomiya • theft)

Nitori furniture store guard arrested for shoplifting from Nitori furniture store

• Master Blaster
  Jan 27, 2023

Hard to find good help these days.

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• (business • crime • furniture • Kumagaya • Nitori • Saitama • security guard • theft)

Man arrested for trying to kill a convenience store owner over a cup of coffee

• SoraNews24
  Oct 27, 2022

Latte triggers a series of events that results in attempted murder.

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• (arrests • attempted murder • coffee • coffee machine • combini • convenience stores • Gunma • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • latte • Lawson • news • police • theft • unusual • weird)

Security check with Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated bicycle lock

• Master Blaster
  Oct 15, 2022

When it comes to disappointing products, this thing is a lock!

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• (Amazon lowest-rated • bicycles • bikes • folding bike lock • locks • Masanuki Sunakoma • Security • shopping • theft • Toguro)

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