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Tourist nabbed for stealing ammunition from shooting range

By Lee Tae-hee

Published : Nov. 8, 2018 - 11:59

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Police on Thursday said they have arrested a Japanese tourist for stealing live ammunition from a shooting range in Myeong-dong “to use as a decoration.”

The tourist visited the shooting range with a fellow Chinese traveler on Wednesday to shoot pistols. While the safety guard was loading the gun, the Japanese tourist allegedly pocketed two bullets.


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After the shooting range reported the theft, the police immediately banned the two tourists from leaving the country and identified their accommodation to track them down.

A 36-year-old man deliberately killed himself using the business’ pistol in September.

Nine hours later, the two were arrested by the police while they were entering a massage parlor near a hotel in Myeong-dong.

The Japanese tourist confessed to the theft and claimed to have taken it as a “souvenir for decoration.”

As of Thursday, police said they are contemplating whether to book the Japanese tourist. His fellow traveler has been released.

By Lee Tae-hee (taeheelee@heraldcorp.com)

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