Saitama cop arrested for trying to steal woman’s underwear on Twilight Express

Monday 07th September, 08:18 AM JST

TOYAMA —

A 37-year-old police detective was arrested for attempted theft on Sunday, after he allegedly tried to steal a woman’s underwear from a room aboard the Twilight Express, a sleeper train traveling from Sapporo to Osaka.

Keisuke Noda, an assistant inspector at Omiya police station in Saitama Prefecture, is accused of entering a staff room aboard the overnight express just before 6 a.m. Sunday, in which a female employee was sleeping. The woman woke up to find Noda going through her luggage and holding a pair of her panties. She called out to him, and he fled the room, but she chased after him. Noda was handed over to police when the train stopped at JR Toyama station.

Noda initially told police in Toyama that he was a part-time employee at a convenience store, but his identity was confirmed from his driving license and a call to his family. Noda had taken holiday leave from Sept 5 to 8, and was traveling by himself. He has admitted to the allegations.l

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stirfry at 03:44 PM JST - 7th September

again, who's gonna protect us from the police ?
Feekalmatter at 04:22 PM JST - 7th September

Can't wait for the movie..."Shita-gi-O-mawari-Dorobo"
Foxie at 04:50 PM JST - 7th September

I just makes me so angry that they get arrested for stupidities like that whilst those committing real crimes get away with it.
shwettybawls at 05:21 PM JST - 7th September

Well foxie, if the cops are out stealing panties it is only natural that people committing REAL CRIMES get away.....
SEPTIMUS at 05:28 PM JST - 7th September

People shouldn't be so quick to get mad at this individual. He might have been following Japanese Police Department Handbook Policy.
Midnightpromise at 07:19 PM JST - 7th September

That guy is such a moron, everyone knows there is no value in freshly laundered panties......
Nessie at 07:25 PM JST - 7th September

Lingeriesatsu.
shwettybawls at 09:40 PM JST - 7th September

Maybe they need to have more vending machines with soiled panties so that these poor guys don't have to go around stealing from poor unsuspecting women....... or they should just issue each cop a few pairs of ladies underwear instead of a gun ..
McC72 at 02:04 AM JST - 8th September

I can see some business opportunity here. Im gonna open used ladies' undies for men shop. Like they have for recycle shops. Inventory would be easy to obtain. Just buy new undies and have them worn by girl volunteers and sometimes men(after all, customers will not know who wore it). Then let them return them unwashed so that I can display in my shop. Business plan development is still in progress. Anyone with any suggestion is much welcomed.
ptolemy at 03:28 AM JST - 8th September

Bad Benny Hill skit, knickers and all. Being a cop makes even more so. (Cue "Yakety Sax" as he runs off.)
kochikame at 05:59 AM JST - 8th September

Feekalmatter said: ' Can't wait for the movie..."Shita-gi-O-mawari-Dorobo" '

I wonder if they will really make the film 'Shita-gi-O-mawari-Dorobo'.
zaichik at 07:17 AM JST - 8th September

Ah, the last train of the day from Kakizaki to Naoetsu, and the cheapest way to get from Niigata to Kyoto - I've taken this train quite a few times. Fortunately I was never assailed by a knicker nicker, though.
Klein2 at 12:33 PM JST - 8th September

SmithinJapan. Yeah. There was a case of a police officer accused of feeling them or something. He denied it. Only witness was her boyfriend.

But I guess cases like this cast a pall over the whole force.

Fetish or no fetish, digging through other people's luggage is way over the line. For a police officer to do it is just terrible.
Liberator at 12:56 PM JST - 8th September

The risks far outweighed the pleasures in this one
dasyhard at 05:45 AM JST - 11th September

McC72, you just became an instant millionaire. This is the wave of the future for Japan. It would definitely improve the economy and the men would probably be smiling all day long if Japan would incorporate these vending machines or stores to be legal. Hell, you can even let your dog wear them and sell'em afterwards, HA!

can see some business opportunity here. Im gonna open used ladies' undies for men shop. Like they have for recycle shops. Inventory would be easy to obtain. Just buy new undies and have them worn by girl volunteers and sometimes men(after all, customers will not know who wore it). Then let them return them unwashed so that I can display in my shop. Business plan development is still in progress. Anyone with any suggestion is much welcomed.