10 mln yen gold bowl stolen from department store in Tokyo
Published on: Thursday, April 11, 2024
By: Bernama
Filepic of Nihombashi Takashimaya Shopping Centre. - Kyodo News
TOKYO: A pure gold bowl priced at about 10 million yen (RM308,616.92) was stolen from a Tokyo department store on Thursday, with police seeking a man caught on camera taking the item, Xinhua quoted local media reports.
A staff member noticed that the bowl was missing from its display around noon at a gold exhibition at the Nihombashi Takashimaya Shopping Centre and reported it to the police about 15 minutes later, Kyodo News reported, citing the Metropolitan Police Department.
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The bowl was displayed under a clear plastic case without a lock, it said.
A surveillance camera caught a man in his 20s to 30s removing the bowl and placing it into his backpack at around 11.40 am local time. He was wearing glasses and was in a sweatshirt, according to the police.
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