2023-09-08 10:37:00
On the 8th, the Metropolitan Police Department raided all nine stores in Tokyo that had been reported by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on suspicion of vandalism due to a problem with trees in front of used car sales major Big Motor stores. The government plans to analyze the seized items and hear detailed information from those involved.
Metropolitan Police Department investigators raid Big Motor Setagaya Daita store in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo
Around 10 a.m., seven Metropolitan Police Department investigators began searching the Setagaya Daita store (in Setagaya Ward) amid heavy rain. Through the glass windows, investigators might be seen interviewing employees and checking computer screens.
The search ended just before noon, and investigators removed the cardboard boxes containing the seized items from the store.
Metropolitan Police Department investigators enter Big Motor Nerima store in Nerima Ward, Tokyo
Approximately 30 investigators began searching around 10 a.m. at the Tama Store (Tama City), where 20 street trees were allegedly cut down without permission. Investigators finished their search around 1 p.m. and loaded a lawn mower and several cardboard boxes into a police vehicle one following another.
Regarding a series of problems, in early August, the Tokyo metropolitan government investigated the vicinity of 14 stores along metropolitan roads and found that herbicide components were detected in the soil at nine stores. Eleven roadside trees were also found dead. In interviews with employees, five of the nine stores admitted to spraying herbicides and cutting trees. On the 5th of this month, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government filed a damage report on suspicion of property damage, which was received by the Metropolitan Police Department.
In response to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s raid on the company’s home, a representative for Big Motor responded to an interview saying, “We will fully cooperate with the investigation.”
On the 6th, Kanagawa Prefectural Police raided three stores in the prefecture on suspicion of damaging property. (Yudai Suzuka, Yosuke Hamasaki, Takayasu Miyamoto)
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