Robbery at a watch store in Ginza Damage worth 100 million yen 3 men are on the run

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2. video: https://twitter.com/itaitiktok/status/1655528252981776384

3. Already captured apparently:

   https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c5908fde39a9a3d8b12772af32cc8e3e1ad659e7

4. There’s a comment on the article, where the person’s complaining about Japan’s safety, which included foreigners in the mix. I guess it must be the first time the person commenting is hearing about huge crimes happening in Japan. I guess the The 300 million Yen robbery in 1968 was committed by foreigners then, not forgetting Shoyo Wakabayashi, who tried to rob a bank with a knife in Sapporo bank in 2022. Sounds foreign to me. Some idiots here really live in glass house and cannot fathom that their kinsmen can be criminal.

5. Their whole plan suck so bad. Trash tier robbers

6. Wow, that’s a pretty big heist! I hope the police catch those thieves soon and recover the stolen items. It’s a shame when hardworking businesses like a watch store have to suffer such a loss at the hands of criminals. Hopefully, this incident will serve as a reminder for them to beef up their security measures and prevent future robberies. Stay safe out there, everyone!

7. Someone could have just stuck an umbrella in the door handles but then the driver would have been an issue as well

8. Super amateur. Can’t be dilly dallying that long during a daytime heist

9. amateur hour, looks like they didnt even practice on GTA online before planning this

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   id bet there’s even an amazon prime order for 3 guy fawkes masks in the greater tokyo area placed in the last week that links them to this fiasco

10. On a different crime topic. Did the police ever capture the Frenchman that punched that woman? I haven’t seen or heard anything about it.

11. Incredible to see they still have zero security in place in this day and age.

12. nearest police box is just around 2 blocks from this store

13. I bet it’s an insurance scam! This seemed way too uncoordinated to be a heist.

14. https://archive.is/pPTvW

15. Not in MY crime-free Japan!!!!

16. Reminds me of San Francisco minus catching or prosecuting the criminals

17. The combined IQ of these three would also be about 100.

18. Until the stolen watches are recovered, this plan seems like a success. Get a bunch of lower dudes to take the fall, get arrested, and pay them when out. For 4-5 people ~740k in hot watches doesn’t seem worth it though.