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Police said Saturday that a man robbed a store of 1.5 million yen in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
According to police, the man came into Eco-Ring, which specializes in sales of used brand-name products, at about 7:50 p.m. on Friday. He sprayed a form of tear gas at staff and then demanded money, NTV reported.
He grabbed a small portable safe from the office and fled, police said. Some employees suffered eye injuries from the gas, NTV quoted police as saying.
The man was described as being about 170 cm tall. He wore a white T-shirt, knee-length pants and black sunglasses.
The same store was robbed of 230,000 yen in February, police said.
© Japan Today
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Elbuda Mexicano
These pawn shops?? They are just sitting ducks waiting for any fool with enough courage and desperation to go there and walk away with $$$$, yen etc..no surprise here!
nath
I'm sorry for the employees, but let me get this straight, he sprayed them with tear gas and them ordered them to do something. he is an idiot. I guessing after he realized they could see he probably got it himself.
Way too many robberies recently. Its getting really hard now. One of the branches of my company got robbed in tokyo 3 months ago.
nath
wow sorry lot of mistakes.
*couldn't see...
Erik Lars
$15,000 isn't much money anymore.
ezale
inside job
nath
So this store has been robbed before.
Lately, we see quite a rise in robberies in stores that admittedly have no security systems whatsoever. Whatever the owner's reasons, no security is just plain stupid.
Dennis Bauer
@Al Stewart
because of tear gas? :p
nishinomiya that is only a few stations away from me :o