Seven members of “Chinese Goragon” arrested for violent behavior in front of an Apple store， possibly with the aim of reselling iPhones．

Seven members of the quasi-gang Chinese Dragon were arrested for repeatedly committing violent acts every day in front of an Apple store where a new iPhone model was released in September last year, disrupting the store’s business. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the case, believing it to have been triggered by a dispute between groups trying to buy up the latest models for the purposes of reselling them. All of those arrested were members of Chinese Dragon, a quasi-gang made up of the second generation of Chinese orphans. The seven arrested include Kajiro Shirai (50), a resident of Kita Ward, Tokyo, and Song Guoqing (43), a Chinese national whose address is unknown. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, shortly after the release of the new smartphone model, the iPhone 15, the suspects are accused of repeatedly engaging in violent behavior, including yelling and confronting each other, over a period of five days in the street in front of the Apple store in Omotesando, Tokyo, in late September last year, disrupting business at the store. It is believed that around 10 to 20 members from each of the two Chinese Dragon groups gathered every day to buy up the latest models for the purpose of reselling them, and that the trouble arose over issues such as how to line up in queues. The store was forced to deploy security guards to keep an eye on the situation, and was also forced to stop selling the product in-store except for those that had been pre-ordered. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is continuing its investigation, believing that profits from the resale of the latest iPhone models are a source of funding for the criminal group. nhk news web September 17th 17:42.

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