Japanese police said they have made about 30 arrests as of Friday in connection with a spate of robberies and other incidents in and around Tokyo, with the suspects believed to have been recruited and instructed to carry out their alleged crimes via social media.The police forces of Tokyo and Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa prefectures set up a joint investigation headquarters on the same day in response to the robberies, which have targeted private homes and employed similar tactics since August.In several of the 14 cases under investigation, the same account names on a messaging app were used…READ FULL ARTICLE
