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Ministry of Defense worker arrested for stealing microbus

Jan. 31, 2014 02:49 pm JST 17 Comments

CHIBA

An employee of the Ministry of Defense has been arrested for stealing a microbus from in front of a train station in Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture.

According to police, Yukitomo Nakashima, 40, stole the bus at around 3 p.m. on Thursday, TV Asahi reported.

Police said the 70-year-old driver of the bus briefly left the bus with the key still in the ignition. Upon returning to where the bus had been stopped, he told police he saw it moving away. When it stopped at a traffic light, the driver caught up with it and nabbed Nakashima.

Police said Nakashima has confessed to his crime and was quoted as saying, "I never had the opportunity to drive a microbus and always wanted to."

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nath
Jan. 31, 2014 03:26 pm JST

Darwin Award for 2014! Baka!

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nath
Jan. 31, 2014 04:44 pm JST

Darwin Award for 2014! Baka!

He's not dead.

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drewberculosis
Jan. 31, 2014 06:18 pm JST

I'm just happy this guy got a chance to live out his dreams, however briefly.

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SenseNotSoCommon
Jan. 31, 2014 06:34 pm JST

Ask and ye shall receive.

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SquidBert
Jan. 31, 2014 08:53 pm JST

Japanese guys have the weirdest midlife crises.

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Thunderbird2
Jan. 31, 2014 11:10 pm JST

He steals the minibus and stops at the lights for long enough for the 70 year old driver to catch up with him?? What a plonker.

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BurakuminDes
Jan. 31, 2014 11:20 pm JST

If they have the CCTV footage of this incident - with the 70-year-old on foot in pursuit of the microbus - then it simply is crying out to be played back to Benny Hill theme music!

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Badge213
Jan. 31, 2014 11:25 pm JST

“I never had the opportunity to drive a microbus and always wanted to.”

TRANSLATION:

I had one too many today.

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Mirai Hayashi
Feb. 1, 2014 12:16 am JST

I never had the opportunity to drive a microbus and always wanted to

wow...I've always wanted to drive a Lambo...maybe I should go out and steal one!...what a dumb excuse!

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Anthony Lee
Feb. 1, 2014 01:12 am JST

So why not just go rent one for a day? I'm pretty sure it's possible. Dummy.

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Hide Suzuki
Feb. 1, 2014 04:05 am JST

Never give up on your dreams !

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ebisen
Feb. 1, 2014 09:47 am JST

LOL, what an idiot :) - reminds me of that guy who stole a police bike around 10 year s ago, for exactly the same reason :)

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Mariam Tebourbi
Feb. 1, 2014 05:34 pm JST

Kleptomania

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Sugar Bowl
Feb. 1, 2014 08:38 pm JST

So why not just go rent one for a day? I'm pretty sure it's possible.

Maybe in Thailand. But not in Japan.

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slumdog
Feb. 1, 2014 08:46 pm JST

But not in Japan.

Yes, it is. It is probably done many times every day in Japan.

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Sugar Bowl
Feb. 2, 2014 08:07 am JST

After checking, yes, it does seem that you can rent such a bus in Japan.

But, looking beyond the one line cherry picked quote, its quite likely he wanted to pick up passengers on a route, not just drive any old bus.

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