TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a pair of male Chilean nationals who are suspected of carrying out more than 10 break-ins in Japan since arriving on tourist visas.
On the morning of September 3, Ruderich Andres Osorio Gutierrez, 39, and Victor Abraham Carrasco Medel, 55, allegedly broke into the home of 78-year-old man in Denenchofu, Ota Ward, Tokyo.
They then stole about 5.35 million yen in cash, about 12,000 U.S. dollars in U.S. currency and 31 items including rings, with the total value of lost property coming to around 9.7 million yen, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Sep. 16).
Upon their arrests on suspicion of theft and trespassing, both suspects denied the charges. Carrasco Medel said he had no recollection of the incident, while Osorio Gutierrez said he “didn’t want to say anything.”
The two suspects entered Japan on August 27 on a 90-day tourist visa. Police believe the pair has been involved in more than 10 break-ins in Tokyo and Shizuoka, Saitama and Nagano prefectures this month, with the value of lost cash and precious metals from homes totaling about 25 million yen.
