Stolen R4,8 million watch returned with apology note
A stolen R4.8 million Audemars Piguet watch has been mysteriously returned to a Tokyo store with an apology note, as police continue searching for the suspected thief.
An Audemars Piguet watch worth approximately R4.8 million, or about US$290,000, has been returned to a Tokyo store via courier. The timepiece was stolen last week after a man posing as a customer tried on the watch and fled the shop while wearing it. The returned item included a handwritten apology note, and its serial number reportedly identified it as the stolen watch.
Tokyo police are continuing to search for the suspect on suspicion of theft. According to Free Malaysia Today, the store declined to comment on the incident. The Asahi Shimbun previously reported that four other luxury watches valued at 200 million yen were stolen from a different store in the same shopping complex in August.
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