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A gang of masked robbers who ran away from a watch shop in Tokyo's busiest district were caught robbing us of 10 billion won worth of money. All four caught so far were teenagers.

Special correspondent Park Sang-jin in Tokyo reports.

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Yesterday (4th) at around 10:8 p.m., a high-end watch shop in Ginza, Tokyo.

A man in black clothes and white masks smashes a display case with a tool,

[Aren't you acting? What are you doing?]

Another man is sweeping his watch in his bag.

When a passing woman tries to close the shop outside, the gang of robbers who threaten her and leave the store climb into a standing vehicle and hurry out of the scene.

[Witness: I saw three men wearing what looked like white masks smashing a display case with something like a tool.]

Police immediately launched an investigation and found a gang of robbers in Akasaka, Tokyo, last night.



Four people were arrested as they climbed onto the veranda of the apartment and confronted police or fled.

[Suspect: Let go, let go.]

[Police: (Reporter) Please stay away because it is dangerous, please control the surroundings.]

The four people caught by the police turned out to be men in their teens, including a high school student.

He entered the store and threatened the employee with a weapon, then committed the crime, and the getaway vehicle was a rental car, Japanese media reported.

They stole more than 6 wristwatches, ranging from 15 million won to 3 million won each, and the damage was estimated to be about 4 billion won.

Police believe there are five members of the robbery gang and are pursuing one who fled, while investigating the motive for the crime against the arrested suspects.

(Video Interview: Han Cheol-min and Moon Hyun-jin)