FUKUOKA (TR) – Police here have arrested four individuals, including a Peruvian national acting as a recruiter, for allegedly plotting a home invasion robbery through an illegal “dark part-time job” network, reports Fukuoka TNC News (June 24).
The suspects include Yosuke Sato, a 35-year-old self-proclaimed fisherman from Mie Prefecture, Shotaro Mizutani, 34, and an unnamed 17-year-old boy from Aichi Prefecture. The three were arrested on suspicion of preparing to commit a robbery.
Leandro Avendano Alarico, a 27-year-old unemployed Peruvian national residing in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, was also arrested on suspicion of violating the Employment Security Act by illegally recruiting accomplices for the crime.
According to the Fukuoka Prefectural Police, Alarico conspired with an unidentified mastermind to recruit Sato and Mizutani. On the night of May 21, while inside a light vehicle in Suzuka, Alarico allegedly offered the pair 100,000 yen each.
“Be the drivers and go to Fukuoka,” Alarico reportedly told them. “It’s a job like a burglary.”
Yami-baito
Meanwhile, the 17-year-old suspect applied for a yami-baito (dark part-time job) via social media, connecting directly with the mastermind. Sato and Mizutani later picked up the teen in Aichi Prefecture before making the long drive to Fukuoka.
The following afternoon, on May 22, the three would-be robbers arrived in Tagawa City. Police allege the trio staked out a targeted residence and stashed a crowbar and a rescue hammer behind a nearby garbage collection point, waiting for an opportunity to break in and steal cash and valuables.
Upon arrest, the three executioners admitted to the allegations, telling investigators, “We intended to commit a robbery depending on the situation.”
Alarico, the alleged recruiter, has partially denied the charges. “I did introduce them to a driving job, but I knew absolutely nothing about a burglary and never said that,” he claimed.
Police are continuing to investigate the case and are searching for the unidentified mastermind who orchestrated the plot. Authorities are also probing whether the suspects are linked to a tokuryu syndicate, whose members give and receive orders anonymously via smartphone apps. Such syndicates are responsible for organized robberies across Japan.
