Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of stealing a luxury watch worth 46 million yen from a store in the Japanese capital’s Nakano Ward. The incident occurred from around 7:45 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. on Oct. 29 at a watch store on the third floor of Nakano Broadway, a shopping center. The man, whose address and occupation are unknown, allegedly tried on an Audemars Piguet watch and then ran away with it. He has largely admitted to the allegations, saying, “When I tried it on, I saw myself wearing the watch in the mirror, and I liked it very much.” He added that before he realized it, he had left the store wearing the watch. The MPD’s third investigation division located the man on Wednesday in front of an apartment in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, where he is believed to have been staying, and took him into custody. The watch was returned to the store by courier on Nov. 1, along with a handwritten note of apology. The suspect told investigators that he had sent the package himself. In August, two Chilean men were arrested and later indicted in connection with the theft of four luxury watches worth a combined 200 million yen from another store on the facility’s first floor. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
