Event Brief
Two teens arrested over gold bar robbery in Tokyo
Filed: May 25, 2026 at 4:05 AM ET
Summary: Two 19-year-old men were arrested for robbing four men of gold bars in Katsushika Ward in April.
WHO: Metropolitan Police Department
WHAT: Arrested two 19-year-old men for allegedly robbing four men of a backpack containing gold bars and injuring them
WHEN: May 25, 2026 at 3:45 AM ET
WHERE: Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, Japan
WHY: The arrests followed an investigation into the April 28 robbery and assault in which victims were punched and sprayed with a tear gas-like substance.
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