6 arrested over $6 mil. gold heist in Fukuoka

Japanese police have arrested 6 men in connection with last year's robbery of gold bars worth millions of dollars.

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Japanese police have arrested 6 men in connection with last year’s robbery of gold bars worth millions of dollars near a train station in the city of Fukuoka, western Japan.

The robbery took place last July near the entrance to a building in front of JR Hakata station.

Employees of a precious metal dealer were carrying attache cases containing gold bars weighing a total of 160 kilograms and worth about 750 million yen, or more than 6.7 million dollars.

The cases were stolen by men dressed as police officers.

On Monday, police arrested 4 men from the central Japanese city of Nagoya on suspicion of stealing the gold, and 2 others on suspicion of selling 90 kilograms of the haul.

Police believe a total of around 10 people were involved, and are searching for the other suspects.

Source and image: NHK
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