{"id":172650,"date":"2025-08-14T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172650&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:46:09","slug":"four-arrested-in-cosmetics-theft-ring-spanning","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/four-arrested-in-cosmetics-theft-ring-spanning\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Arrested in Cosmetics Theft Ring Spanning Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two 32-year-old men, one with no fixed address and one from Kawasaki City, have been arrested for stealing 99 cosmetic items worth about \u00a5580,000 from drugstores in Fukuoka and Nagasaki in January. Police caught them in Saga Prefecture while they were attempting to ship the stolen goods. Two others in Osaka were also arrested for knowingly buying the stolen items. All four suspects met at a game center in Osaka and admitted to the charges. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15834198&amp;ymd=2025-08-12\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_drugstore-cosmetics_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cosmetics\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_drugstore-cosmetics_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_drugstore-cosmetics_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_drugstore-cosmetics_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_drugstore-cosmetics_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&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>Two 32-year-old men, one with no fixed address and one from Kawasaki City, have been arrested for stealing 99 cosmetic items worth about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172650","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-nagasaki-prefecture","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172650","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=172650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}