Selling 70 Water Supply Valves From Rice Paddies to Metal Buyers or Re-Arresting Man on Suspicion of Theft Ibaraki Prefectural Police
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A 31-year-old man was re-arrested on suspicion of repeatedly stealing water supply valves in a paddy field in Ibaraki prefecture. Suspect Ozeki Kyohei (31) is suspected of stealing 70 water supply valves worth 490,000 yen in a paddy field in Namegata, Ibaraki in August. Suspect Ozeki has admitted the suspicion that he “did it to make living expenses” because he searched for rice paddies with a map app, broke the valve with his hand or hammer, an…
On the 28th, the Ibaraki Prefectural Police re-arrested the construction industry suspect Ozeki Kyohei (31) = charged with another theft charge = in Ryugasaki City in the same prefecture on suspicion of theft for stealing metal valves for water supply in rice paddies. Valve thefts have occurred one after another in the prefecture against the backdrop of soaring metal prices, and the prefectural police are investigating the connection.
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