Weighty loot trips up geriatric thief
TOKYO (Reuters) - An aging Japanese thief felt the gravity of his crime when the weight of his loot tripped him up during his attempted getaway.
The 70-year-old man walked into a post office in the city of Kawagoe, just north of Tokyo, late Friday and poured liquid over the floor, saying he would set off an explosion if he wasn’t given money.
A clerk filled a paper bag the man was carrying with coins worth some 250,000 yen ($2,000) and weighing 22 pounds. As the man ran off, the bag broke under the weight and he stumbled and fell as he tried to pick up the money.
Tsugio Chigira, deputy head of the Kawagoe police station, said the man told police he needed the money to pay back debts.
“He didn’t really want to be a robber, but felt he had no choice.”
[via Reuters]
