TOKYO: A team of three robbers stole suitcases holding US$2.7 million in cash on a busy street in central Tokyo, police and media said Friday (Jan 30), a rare crime in the Japanese metropolis that prides itself on safety.
The heist saw the thieves deploy pepper spray to grab luggage containing the money at around 9:30pm local time on Thursday near Ueno station, an area popular with tourists, a spokeswoman at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police told AFP on condition of anonymity.
