A 26-year-old man suspected of violating the Road Traffic Law jumped from the balcony of a room on the third floor of a hotel in Kobe on Thursday after police came to arrest him.
The man was shirtless and wearing only underwear when police knocked on the door of his room at the hotel in Tarumi Ward at around 7:20 a.m., NHK reported. He jumped from the balcony to the ground 10 meters below and ran away.
Police said they had a warrant to arrest the man for driving a car and motorcycle without a license in mid-August. He is also suspected of being part of an anonymous, mobile crime group (Anryu), which is connected through social networking sites.
Regarding the situation at the time of the man’s escape, police explained that 11 officers were deployed in various positions in and around the hotel, but they did not anticipate that the suspect would jump from the balcony.
Police are questioning a woman in her 20s who was in the hotel room with the man.
© Japan Today
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Blacklabel
Ah ok that makes more sense than what the actual warrant is for.
Michael Corleone
so ELEVEN officers had the hotel surrounded but now they've got to check street cctv to found out where he went...
in his pants!!
Moonraker
11 officers? And nobody outside, you know, just in case.
wallace
Why didn't they wait for him to come out?
lunatic
That's called a Japanese morning call.
Police will arrest the suspect in the early morning and detain him for weeks or months, using coercive tactics to force him to sign a fabricated confession.
Mr Kipling
Really? Even the Keystones would have covered that. Whoever was in charge should be at least demoted if not fired.
Mr Kipling
A hotel room has TWO exits, the door and either a window or balcony. But these muppets chose to ignore one of them.
Blitzwing
Pretty baller move, honestly. 10 meters is a pretty big drop.
Speed
Granted, it's still been pretty hot.
The balcony was only 30 feet up and they didn't think that he might jump? That's pretty bad policing.
Mocheake
Tough SOB not to have broken a bone. Outsmarted the Keystones too. Ladies and gentlemen, your next prime minister, Lord Boxerbriefs.
Stewart Gale
Little wonder so few of us here respect the Japanese police.
Legrande
He may well have broken something but regardless was tough enough to keep going
Guy Gin and tonic
The guy ran? But it was like, 7:20 in the morning - the perfect time to do a classic James Bond and say “It seems you’ve caught me with more than my hands up.”
rainyday
The suspect? You guessed it, the “Its OK, I’m wearing pants” guy.