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Police said Saturday they are looking for the thieves who stole 100 million worth of jewelry from a store in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, on Friday morning.
According to police, a burglar alarm at Jewelry Kanda store alerted a security company at around 2:15 a.m., TV Asahi reported. The security firm, in turn, informed the police who rushed to the scene to find the store's front window and several display cases had been smashed and emptied. Police said there was an abandoned truck outside the store, which they believe was used to smash the storefront.
Over 1,000 items including jewelry and watches were stolen from 17 display cases, TV Asahi quoted police as saying. A 120-kilogram safe, in which the store's takings were kept, was also stolen. The value of the stolen goods is estimated to be around 100 million yen.
© Japan Today
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Bartholomew Harte
120 kilo safes aren't too easily moved-it must have taken a Loooooong time for the police to arrive! So called Smash & Grab robberies are all the rage,it seems.
CrazyJoe
Police were there in 5 minutes. This is unbelievable.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20111223-00000064-jij-soci
Paulman
The linked article above actually says, the police arrived 5 minutes after the security company called them....it doesn't say how long it took the security firm to arrive. My best guess would be 10-15 mins...
Elbuda Mexicano
Okayama?? I bet these thieves are having a real merry christmas??
CrazyJoe
@Paulman
It says (警報装置が鳴ってから約5分後) about 5 minutes after the alarm sounded, police were there.
CrazyJoe
@Paulman
Also there is nothing in the article about a security company. Where exactly does it mention a security company in the article?
Moderator: It is mentioned in the article.
CVHuan
Japan is having more domestic problems these days...
kringis
Tsuyama is a total dump. Had to go through the place once to get somewhere else. Full of boarded up buoldings and the train station is a total wreck. The only thing that surprises me is that there was actually a shop in business there to rob.