3 thieves rob post office of 11 mil. yen in cash

3 thieves rob post office of 11 mil. yen in cash

OSAKA, Japan - Police are investigating a robbery at the Osaka Central Post Office in Osaka on Jan. 11. A man believed to be Asian and two accomplices robbed the post office while two postal employees were placing cash in an automated teller machine. The Asian man asked them in Japanese where Shin-Osaka was.

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