Suspected women’s underwear thief ‘targeted Kinki region’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on December 11, 2020
WAKAYAMA (TR) – Wakayama Prefectural Police have arrested a suspected thief of women’s underwear who was found to be in possession of more than 900 pairs, reports the
Sankei Shimbun (Dec. 7).
On the morning of November 25, Yoshikazu Fukutani, a 60-year-old employee in the construction industry, allegedly swiped two pairs of underwear hanging out to dry at the residence of a woman in her 30s in Wakayama City.
Afterward, the woman contacted police about a “suspicion vehicle” seen in the area. Police later located a vehicle resembling the description provided by the woman about 4 kilometers away.