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A man pretending to buy canned coffee tried to rob one convenience store and robbed another in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture on Jan 5 and Jan 6, police said Monday.
According to police, the first robbery occurred at around 11:30 p.m. on Jan 5 at a FamilyMart store in Raiha. Although the man initially entered the premises pretending to buy a canned coffee drink, he immediately pointed a knife at an employee and demanded cash, Fuji TV reported. The employee managed to flee to the back of the store, and the suspect left empty-handed.
Approximately six hours later, a man entered a 7-Eleven store located about 300 meters away from the FamilyMart convenience store and managed to make off with 39,000 yen in cash after physically threatening a male employee with a knife.
In the second incident, the suspect once again posed as a customer by taking a canned coffee in his hand and approaching the register as if he was going to purchase the product.
The man, who was wearing a black down jacket at the time, is believed to be between in his 50s.
© Japan Today
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HARRYO
I guess this guy really likes his coffee. To help avoid these types of robberies if the convenience store had a double door set for access / exit with a remote locking device at the counter as the robber is exiting the store the employee could press the locking device button and trap the robber in-between the sets of doors until the police responded. With this in place less robberies would occur.
DNALeri
"Thief"? Isn't "robber" the correct word in this case?
Wakarimasen
Too much caffeine?
Goodlucktoyou
I’m glad the 5:30am person gave him the money. Being paid ¥1000 an hour for night shift and getting stabbed is not so good. Hope the company gives him compensation.