Overview
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police submitted case documents on suspicion of building intrusion and theft after December 24 incidents at two Kabukicho eateries where about ¥27,000 was taken.
- The 26-year-old and 20-year-old suspects admitted the allegations and told police they acted to cover family medical bills and living expenses.
- Investigators say the pair used power tools to break key boxes outside the restaurants and entered using the retrieved keys.
- Authorities are probing whether the two are linked to a separate theft exceeding ¥10 million reported the same morning in Shinjuku and to similar cases across Japan.
- Hiroshima Prefectural Police also referred the 26-year-old marine in a separate case alleging theft, attempted theft, unlawful entry, and property damage in the prefecture.