TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 33-year-old woman over the alleged theft of three Hermes handbags from a pawnshop in Shibuya Ward on Saturday, reports TV Asahi (July 6).
At around 6:30 p.m., Yurie Sato allegedly swiped the three Hermes handbags — worth approximately 3.9 million yen — from the shop in Dogenzaka.
As she fled, she sprayed pepper spray at a female store clerk in her 20s who chased her.
During questioning, Sato admitted to the charges. “I wanted the bags,” she said. “So, I took a few and ran away. The store clerk chased me, so I sprayed her with pepper spray.”
According to police, a man who witnessed the crime outside the shop apprehended Sato about 50 meters away. He then handed her over to a police officer.