Police arrested a 23-year-old college student on Thursday on suspicion of trespassing and attempted robbery in the city of Mitaka, western Tokyo.
According to the police, suspect Masaki Saen, from the city of Kyoto, has admitted to the allegations, saying his search for an easy job on social media platform X, due to financial difficulties, led him to his circumstances.
After applying for a job through a dark web platform, Saen was instructed via encrypted messaging app Signal to travel to Tokyo, investigators reported. When he met with several other men at a park near an address provided to him, he was under the impression that he would be undertaking a delivery job.
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