On this day – 10th December 1968 – The biggest unsolved robbery in Japan
The “300 million Yen robbery” was the largest heist in
history in Japan. The robbery happened in the morning on the 10th when
four bank employees transported 294,307,500 Yen (about 817,520 US dollar at the
time). A uniformed officer who claimed their bank officer’s house had been
blown up stopped their car and told them he had to look for dynamite under the
car. The employees believed him due to the bank previous experiences with
threats and exited the car. The officer crawled underneath to look for the
dynamite. Moments later, smoke and flames erode from under the car and the
police officer shouted at the employees that the car was about to explode.
While they moved as far away as they could get, the officer got into the driver’s
seat and stole the whole car and all its money.
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