{"id":166024,"date":"2024-10-07T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=166024&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-10-07T10:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T01:16:22","slug":"three-arrested-illegal-taxi-service","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/three-arrested-illegal-taxi-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Arrested for Illegal Taxi Service in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Chinese nationals were arrested in Fukuoka for operating an illegal taxi service, commonly referred to as &#8220;white taxis,&#8221; without proper permits. The men are accused of transporting a Chinese family from Hakata Port to Dazaifu and back to Fukuoka\u2019s Chuo Ward for a fee of \u00a540,000 via a travel app. The suspects, aged between 33 and 37, allegedly coordinated the rides through social media and charged for their services, despite not having legal authorization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While two suspects deny receiving payments, police are investigating further into the scale and duration of their illegal activities. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2024100422776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166006\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_white-taxi-oct_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three Arrested for Illegal Taxi Service in Fukuoka\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_white-taxi-oct_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_white-taxi-oct_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_white-taxi-oct_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_white-taxi-oct_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Chinese nationals were arrested in Fukuoka for operating an illegal taxi service, commonly referred to as &#8220;white taxis,&#8221; without proper permits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":166012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-166024","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/166024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}