A team of three robbers stole suitcases holding US$2.7mil (RM10.5mil) in cash on a busy street in central Tokyo, police and media said, 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 said yesterday on condition of anonymity.
