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Stolen luxury watch returned to Tokyo store with an apology note
>NHK -- A luxury imported wristwatch worth about 290,000 dollars that was stolen from a store in Tokyo last week has been returned via courier, with a note of apology attached.
>Tokyo police say a man who visited the shop in the Nakano Broadway complex on Thursday tried on the high-end watch and then ran off with it.
>Investigative sources told NHK that the watch was sent back by parcel delivery from Aichi Prefecture on Sunday. The store confirmed that it was the stolen watch by checking its serial number. The parcel also contained a note offering an apology for the theft.
>The sources also say security camera images and other clues indicate that the man was traveling by taxi and train, and arrived at Tokyo Station about an hour after the incident. They say he is believed to have then caught a westbound Shinkansen bullet train.
>Security camera footage taken on the first basement floor of the complex shows a man who appears to be the thief, wearing black clothing and a hat, running down an escalator. An item seen on his left wrist could be the stolen watch.
ps. the stolen watch reportedly was an AP, valued at 46 million yen (US$ 290,000).
#luxury
>NHK -- A luxury imported wristwatch worth about 290,000 dollars that was stolen from a store in Tokyo last week has been returned via courier, with a note of apology attached.
>Tokyo police say a man who visited the shop in the Nakano Broadway complex on Thursday tried on the high-end watch and then ran off with it.
>Investigative sources told NHK that the watch was sent back by parcel delivery from Aichi Prefecture on Sunday. The store confirmed that it was the stolen watch by checking its serial number. The parcel also contained a note offering an apology for the theft.
>The sources also say security camera images and other clues indicate that the man was traveling by taxi and train, and arrived at Tokyo Station about an hour after the incident. They say he is believed to have then caught a westbound Shinkansen bullet train.
>Security camera footage taken on the first basement floor of the complex shows a man who appears to be the thief, wearing black clothing and a hat, running down an escalator. An item seen on his left wrist could be the stolen watch.
ps. the stolen watch reportedly was an AP, valued at 46 million yen (US$ 290,000).
#luxury
