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Man arrested for stealing ambulance called to his home

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Police in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of stealing an ambulance.

According to police, Hiroshi Hirata, of unknown occupation, called 119 at around 6:50 p.m. on Monday, complaining of stomach pain. Kyodo News reported that three paramedics treated Hirata, who was drunk at the time, and determined that he did not need to go to a hospital. 

Police said that Hirata became enraged and threatened the paramedics with a knife. He went outside and stole their ambulance.

Police found the ambulance and Hirata in the parking lot of a drugstore about 100 meters away, and arrested him on the spot. 

Hirata was quoted by police as saying, “I thought I would go to the hospital myself.”

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Cuckoo in Kuki.

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,“I thought I would go to the hospital myself.”

This would make a pretty funny sketch.

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He will steal an airliner and fly by himself if he wants to travel overseas !

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I’ve heard stories of oldies hear using them as taxis as they claim they paid for them out of their tax money.

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He could have just drove his own car

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He could have just drove his own car

No he was drunk so he new he shouldn't drive his car.

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He just wanted to borrow the ambulance not steal it ffs!

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Crime is quite rare in Japan compared to many other countries -- but wow, when someone does commit a crime in Japan, it's often a real doozy of one.

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