Stolen Tokyo watch returned with apology note as police search for suspect
Crime · First reported 2 Nov, 08:29 · Updated 09:07
A luxury Audemars Piguet watch stolen from a Tokyo shop was returned by courier with a handwritten apology. Police are still searching for the suspect.
- A man tried on an Audemars Piguet watch at a Tokyo shop and fled with it; the watch was valued at about ¥46 million, or roughly US$290,000.
- The store later received the watch in a package with a handwritten apology; staff confirmed it was the stolen item by checking its serial number.
- Tokyo police are searching for the suspect. The Japan Times reported that the package was sent from Aichi Prefecture and bore a name and address police believe were false.
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- Watch
- Audemars Piguet, valued at about ¥46 million (around US$290,000).
- Return
- Returned to the store by courier with a handwritten apology; staff verified it by serial number.
- Investigation
- Tokyo police are searching for the suspect.
- Separate August theft
- Four watches worth about ¥200 million were stolen from another shop in the same complex.
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