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The 300 million yen robbery (三億円事件, San Oku En Jiken), also known as the 300 million yen affair or 300 million yen incident, was an armed robbery that took place in Tokyo, Japan, on December 10, 1968. A man posing as a police officer on a motorcycle stopped bank employees transferring money and stole 294 million yen. [1]
300 million yen robbery-Fuchū, Tokyo: Disguised as a police officer, an unidentified man stops a security van belonging to the Toshiba Corporation near Tokyo's Fuchu Prison and, in the guise conducting a bomb search, hijacks the van successfully escaping with almost 300 million yen. Despite a massive investigation into what would become the ...
The largest heist in the history of Japan, the never-solved "300 million yen robbery", occurred in the Tokyo suburb of Kokubunji. A man dressed as a police motorcyclist pulled over an armored car that was taking holiday bonus money from the Japan National Bank to the Toshiba factory in Fuchu. The "policeman" ordered the driver and three guards ...
The police track Takashi there, where he gives his poor family 100,000 yen before escaping. Mitsuo's brother the corrupt cop learns from one of Michi's old johns that Takashi is with Michi but then angrily kills the drunk john when only presented with a photograph instead of the real Michi.
Additionally, in December, a man who injured 30 people by driving into a crowd of children and parents outside a primary school was handed a suspended death sentence. Show comments Advertisement
294,307,500 yen was stolen from the Nippon Trust Bank December 10, 1968 by man impersonating police officer. The case remains unsolved. [21] 540 million yen robbery incident in Fukutoku Bank Kobe branch, August 1994. [22] 600 million yen robbery incident in Tachikawa, Tokyo, May 2011. [23]
Among the jewelry stolen in the heist were eight rings, 19 bracelets and 20 watches, per the plea agreement obtained by PEOPLE
During the raid, police found 20 million euros, or around $21.1 million, in cash hidden in the walls and ceilings of the couple's home in Alcala de Henares, a town of around 195,000 inhabitants ...