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3 men arrested for stealing same impounded dump truck twice

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Three unemployed men have been arrested for stealing the same dump truck impounded from a Tochi Prefecture police station twice. 

According to police, Katsuhiko Aoyanagi, 58, Yuichi Furuya, 44, and Kazuya Matsumoto, 44, stole an impounded truck that was going to be used as evidence in a case from the parking lot of Tochigi Police Station lat around 3:20 p.m. last Oct 15, Sankei Shimbun reported. 

On the same day, the truck was found in a parking lot in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, at about 4 a.m. the ext morning. However, the three thieves struck again and managed to steal the dump truck from Tsukuba Police Station in November. The vehicle was found in a vacant lot after having been torched in Tsukuba City.  

The three suspects were identified through surveillance camera footage. Police have not revealed the men’s connection to the truck or why it was impounded in the first place. Local media speculated that there have may been something hidden in the truck that only the men knew about.

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Ladies and Gentlemen...I present to you Harry, Larry and Moe as The 3 stooges!

Local media speculated that there have may been something hidden in the truck that only the men knew about.

Yeah, the steering wheel!

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However, the three thieves struck again and managed to steal the dump truck from Tsukuba Police Station in November.

Either that takes tremendous skills or they have horrible security at the police station. No matter what this makes the cops look really inept here.

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Stealing from the police, twice

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