KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested an 81-year-old man for allegedly trying to run over a tax official along with his car in Atsugi Metropolis.
The tax official was within the means of executing a declare in opposition to the suspect. Police additionally seized a number of weapons from the suspect’s residence, reviews Nippon Information Community (Sep. 27).
Simply earlier than midday on September 26, Kenichi Chiba allegedly accelerated his car on the tax official along with his car at his residence. The suspect then fled the scene whereas carrying what’s believed to have been a looking rifle.
Officers later discovered Chiba inside a automobile on a avenue in Isehara Metropolis. Upon his arrest on suspicion of tried homicide, Chiba denied the allegations.
Chiba has a license to personal looking rifles. 4 such weapons had been seized from his residence.