Suspect told police, 'I wanted to rob a convenience store'
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Suspect allegedly used a knife with a 20-centimeter-long blade to slash the neck of his ex-girlfriend outside her office in Saitama City
Police also seized growing equipment
Suspect told police, 'I did it to earn income'
An examination of security camera footage by police shows a woman using the toilet just before the discovery
Suspect is a member of the Sumiyoshi-kai
Suspect told police, 'I did not do it with an obscene intention'
Number of smuggling incidents has surged since the increase in the consumption tax in 2014, according to the Ministry of Finance
Suspect denies the allegations, telling police, 'I wasn't selling'
In security camera footage, the perpetrator is shown beginning to pay for an item at the register while slowing pulling a knife out of his back pocket