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NHK
12-05-2025
- NHK
Vietnamese man arrested for allegedly stealing 'bonsai' from Tokyo shop
Tokyo police have arrested a Vietnamese man on suspicion of stealing "bonsai" potted trees from a botanical shop, possibly for sale abroad. The Metropolitan Police Department says Pham Minh Duc is suspected of taking 22 items from the shop in Tokyo's Akishima City in December last year. Some of the more expensive items are worth about 680 dollars each. Police say anti-theft wires were cut away and the total value of the 22 trees is nearly 4,500 dollars. The 30-year-old suspect is believed to have worked as a driver for a criminal group. Investigators think there were two other people who broke into the shop and another who gave them instructions. The suspect came to Japan as a technical trainee under a government-backed program, but had overstayed his visa by the time of the break-in. He reportedly told police that he was cash-strapped and had applied for a job as a driver that he found on social media. The horticultural art of "bonsai" is becoming popular outside Japan. Police suspect that the group has been continuously stealing bonsai items to sell them to overseas enthusiasts.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Yahoo
Eight soldiers killed in Ecuador after clash with criminal group
QUITO (Reuters) - Eight soldiers were killed in Ecuador's Amazon region during an armed confrontation with a criminal group, the attorney general's office said on Friday. According to initial investigations, the soldiers were attacked by the criminal group during an operation related to illegal mining, the office added.
Reuters
09-05-2025
- Reuters
Eight soldiers killed in Ecuador after clash with criminal group
QUITO, May 9 (Reuters) - Eight soldiers were killed in Ecuador's Amazon region during an armed confrontation with a criminal group, the attorney general's office said on Friday. According to initial investigations, the soldiers were attacked by the criminal group during an operation related to illegal mining, the office added.
