Fukuoka offers cash rewards for hand grenades

Crime Apr. 01, 2012 - 05:20PM JST ( 18 )

FUKUOKA —

Fukuoka Prefecture has become the first prefecture to offer monetary rewards to anyone who reports finding a hand grenade.

According to new rules set down by the prefectural government, anyone volunteering information that leads to the seizure of hand grenades or the arrest of the owner stands to receive a 100,000 yen reward for each grenade, Fuji TV reported.

The move comes after five criminal cases involving hand grenades were reported in the prefecture last year. According to police, some residents also reported finding hand grenades, and one was seized from a car in Kitakyushu.

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18 Comments

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MustardKingApr. 01, 2012 - 04:24PM JST

Here, catch!

Wait, did you want the pin, or just the grenade??
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LagunaApr. 01, 2012 - 04:37PM JST

And the LORD did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu...

Skip a bit, brother.
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timeonApr. 01, 2012 - 04:47PM JST

Kitakyushu, the land of Kudo-kai, the craziest yakuza around. they love grenades, and don't hesitate to use them, even on "civilians"
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oberstApr. 01, 2012 - 05:15PM JST

100000 yen for each, this can create a cottage indusytry in making grenade in the garage......................
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Hôjô SôunApr. 01, 2012 - 05:25PM JST

Wow...crazy! Does turning one in put you on a watch list?
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Jan Claudius WeirauchApr. 01, 2012 - 06:14PM JST

To clarify they don't mean remaining world war 2 ordinances?
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ReaperIncApr. 01, 2012 - 06:17PM JST

Smart move, give men what it want most and it shall provide what you need.
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Darren BrannanApr. 01, 2012 - 06:27PM JST

I think Kudohkai chinpira blowing themselves up in cars by mistake is PRICELESS. My guess would be that the grenades are coming in on the ferry from Korea. It is a common haven for yakuza on the lam and they have connections there.
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gogogoApr. 01, 2012 - 07:18PM JST

Is there a hand grenade problem in Japan?
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timeonApr. 01, 2012 - 07:55PM JST

Darren, many of them are handmade.
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Ranger_Miffy2Apr. 01, 2012 - 08:00PM JST

Handmade grenades? WTH?
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Patrick LaneApr. 01, 2012 - 08:56PM JST

Got a box full of them in the basement!
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lostrune2Apr. 01, 2012 - 10:31PM JST

Man, what happened to just good ol' li'l guns?! Are Japanese advancing over that development straight to IEDs?
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jessebaybayApr. 02, 2012 - 12:17AM JST

if they are hand made, whats stopping people from making a grenade and saying they found it for the reward? Surely they aren't hand made?
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AqualungApr. 02, 2012 - 03:36PM JST

It doesn't sound easy to make a grenade, but you can make a modified pipe bomb with 7-11 fireworks.
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kaminarioyajiApr. 03, 2012 - 10:35AM JST

So, on balance...

Risk of being killed in an earthquake in Fukuoka = very low.

Risk of being killed by an errant driver, or the above kind of whackjob = quite high.

Useful to know.
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Darren BrannanApr. 03, 2012 - 08:50PM JST

And the takana kimchi ramen from Hakaya Stn can be pretty explosive too. My mum and I nearly took out Hiroshima after that leg of the Shinkansen.
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yourockApr. 04, 2012 - 12:31AM JST

in KitaQ, still looking. 100 grand would be nice.