Police in Saitama city have arrested a 30-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of robbing a golf goods store of 700,000 yen, while wearing a police uniform.
Police said Takaho Nakamura has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying he needed money, Sankei Shimbun reported.
The incident occurred at around 9 p.m. Friday at the Gold do! Store in Urawa Ward. Police said Nakamura, who had bought a police uniform at a party goods store, walked into the store and threatened the 44-year-old employee with a box cutter, then demanded all the money from the cash register and safe.
Police said Nakamura was identified through an analysis of store surveillance camera footage. He was arrested Saturday night at his home where police also found the money, a box cutter and the bogus police uniform.
© Japan Today
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Stewart Gale
What was the point of wearing a police uniform to a standard threaten with a weapon robbery?
I was expecting a more elaborate rouse when I saw he had dressed up as an officer of the law for the occasion.
sir_bentley28
Well that's pretty stupid! Here's another stupid idea : Grow a pair and get a job to earn your money!
fillmore2
this guy watched too many TV dramas, thinking he was Thomas Crown or something,
pretending like a policeman to do the job, oh boy........
I mean golf items are not the easiest to resell ,
fillmore2
man, you could of made a killing, reselling those masks, and don't need to worry about jail.
i guess he is too late to jump on toilet paper business.......
rgcivilian1
Shocking in his choice of robbery uniform. Might as well used a poster board that a target on it with the words "I'm a Criminal" this way no one would really notice. Is this really a true story?
Mocheake
Another genius. What was the uniform for, einstein?
A box cutter? The clerk should have taken the guy "clubbing." Fore(head)!
Aly Rustom
It cracks me up some of the reasons people give for committing crimes once they've been arrested. Never gets old.