Police in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, said Thursday that 97 faucets were stolen from four schools early Wednesday morning.
According to TV Asahi, police were notified after school officials discovered the theft at around 6 a.m. Wednesday. In one case, 21 faucets attached to a long sink at the playgrounds were stolen. The schools were all within three kilometers of each other.
A brand new faucet costs about 3,000 yen. According to police, there is a high possibility that the faucets were stolen to be resold.
Police said they are studying security camera footage to try and identify the thieves.
© Japan Today
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Jaymann
apparently the schools think this could be an inside job and are now looking for a possible leak...
Mirai Hayashi
saitama..again
garymalmgren
Ahh! Tapping into available resources.
Hiroicci
Well, check Yahoo Auction or Rakuten one now, cops?
Sherman
So the thieves got clean away!
hoserfella
I've never understood the posters who are incredulous every time crime in Saitama is mentioned. Do they somehow expect a prefecture with 8 million people to be crime-free for some reason?
sushilover
You rotters, you've used up all the tap jokes already! There's my witty comments down the drain then..
gogogo
Yakuza
nath
Sounds like thieves from Guam (Island of Thieves)
sushilover
Faucets? Melons? Vending machine arsonists? I reckon its the same perp. See the pattern..?? No, nor can I.
Wakarimasen
A brand new faucet costs about 3,000 yen. According to police, there is a high possibility that the faucets were stolen to be resold.
Or someone has a tap fetish.
sincerely999
Prolonged recession induced this incident.
hawaiianviking
Looks like the funny-comment pool has been drained. Is this the last drop?
Sofa_king
The 97th one almost didn't fit. They had to faucet.
Thunderbird2
Saitama... if it's not murders and attacks it's people nicking taps.
Serrano
Pssst! Wanna buy a faucet cheap? lol
I hope the thief/thieves are caught and slapped upside the head with one of these faucets.
DudeDeuce
Yep and I bet Saitama is still safer than the safest city in their own country.
SirFrancisWinchesterIV
If you're having fixture problems, I feel bad for you son. I've got 97 faucets, but a Pfister ain't one.
cramp
mebbe someone is starting a plumbing business and they figure why not fish some fancy faucets