Overview
- Three assailants stole suitcases holding about 420 million yen near Ueno station after using pepper spray, then fled by car as Tokyo police probe a possible hit-and-run during their escape.
- Hours later at Haneda Airport’s Terminal 3, three men sprayed a money exchanger carrying roughly 190 million yen but left without taking cash, with investigators assessing connections to the Ueno robbery.
- Hong Kong police arrested six people over a Sheung Wan theft of about 58 million yen outside a currency exchange, including one reported victim identified as a mole in the plot.
- Those detained in Hong Kong include three Japanese men, two mainland Chinese suspects and a local resident, according to Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming.
- Authorities in Tokyo and Hong Kong are examining whether the Tokyo attacks and the Hong Kong robbery are related, with Tokyo suspects still at large and inquiries ongoing.