A 28-year-old man accused in a Tochigi robbery-murder case was taken into custody at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in the early hours of Sunday, shortly before his planned flight to Seoul.
Japanese police said the man was arrested as he attempted to flee to South Korea.
The case involves a robbery and murder in Kaminokawa, Tochigi, where the suspect is alleged to have instructed others.
His detention at the airport prevented any further escape.
Four teens have been held over a robbery-murder case in Tochigi in which a 69-year-old woman was stabbed to death. The boys are suspected of meeting the alleged masterminds on the day of the crime.
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Police have arrested a couple believed to be the masterminds behind a murder-robbery that occurred on Thursday in Tochigi Prefecture, with tokuryū quasi-gangsters suspected of involvement.
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