Cannabis plants seized from Hiroshima island farm, 3 arrested
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis on the island of Osaki Kamijima in Hiroshima Prefecture.
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Crime
Attempted robbery at Hiroshima Station
A 66 year old Kure man was arrested for attempted robbery at convenience store in Hiroshima Station on Friday, July 9.
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Great Mihara air conditioner heist beffudles authorities
A recent spate of air conditioning unit thefts in rural Mihara has local authorities scratching their heads.
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68-year-old man arrested for Shimanami hold up
A 68-year-old man has been arrested for holding up a LAWSON convenience store along the Shimanami Kaido bike route in the early hours of March 18.
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Masked man robs Shimanami konbini at knifepoint
A masked man made off with ¥82,000 after robbing a Shimanami konbini at knifepoint.
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Iwakuni gang shooting arrest
A man is in custody connected with the shooting of a gang leader in Iwakuni on the night of Sunday, August 15.
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Gang leader shot in Iwakuni
A 52 year old leader of a designated organized crime group affiliated with with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi was shot in Iwakuni last night.
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Kintai Bridge biker arrested
An Iwakuni man in his 40s has been arrested for violation of cultural property protection law after riding his motorbike over Iwakuni’s iconic Kintai Bridge.
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Graffitists hit Astram Line cars
Graffitists tagged Astram Line cars while they sat helpless in a yard in Asaminami-ku in the early hours of March
Read moreSpate of phone scams by people pretending to be police officers
Telephone scams have been all the rage over the past few years, but local police have reported a spate of
Read moreSpate of attacks on Hiroshima sex industry continues
Two men armed with bats burst into a place in Kokutai-ji in Naka-ku which the Chugoku Shinbun describes as being
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