KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police are searching for a group of thieves who stole a safe from a home in Yokohama City early Monday, reports Fuji News Network (July 28).
Just after 5:00 a.m., a man in his 50s who lives in Jindaiji, Kanagawa Ward called police to report that several men wearing ski masks had entered his house.
According to police, the men broke into the home, stole a safe containing cash and fled.
The man’s brother, aged in his 60s, chased the men as they fled. However, one of them sprayed him with what appeared to be pepper spray. He was later hospitalized with minor injuries.
The incident occurred in a quiet residential area about 550 meters from Katakuracho Station on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line.
Police are seeking the whereabouts of the perpetrators. The case is being treated as robbery.
