A few months ago I wrote about 3 cab drivers that took a guy from the train station in Detroit to Washington, DC and when they got there he had no money, well this is got that beat.
A driver picked up a man in Tokyo who wanted to go to Fukuoka 1,100 km or just under 550 miles away, but wait it gets better.
The next day when the meter got to 359,230 yen (about $3625.00) the driver stopped for gas and at this point he got suspicious and called the cops, it took him this long to get suspicious?
When the cops caught up to them they found out the fare had only 500 yen (about $5) which the driver gave him to buy snacks (are you laughing yet).
Enjoy the story its from Japan Today.com
TOKYO —
A man who took a taxi from Tokyo to Fukuoka was arrested Monday for failure to pay the fare which totaled 359,230 yen, police said Tuesday.
According to police, the suspect, identified as Takeshi Utsunomiya, 49, got into the taxi near Shinagawa station in Tokyo and asked the driver to take him to his hometown, Kagoshima, on Saturday March 28. The driver told police he was dubious, but decided to set off on the 1,100-km drive to Kagoshima anyway.
On the following day, when the taxi stopped at a gas station, the driver got suspicious and called the police to report the incident. Police caught up with the taxi driver and his passenger at Dazaifu in Fukuoka Prefecture, and took Utsunomiya in for questioning.
At the time of his arrest, Utsunomiya, who is unemployed, had a bag, two broken cell phones and roughly 500 yen in his possession. The driver told police the 500 yen in loose change was his because he had loaned Utsunomiya some money to buy snacks along the way.
While on the road, Utsunomiya borrowed the driver’s cell phone and asked his relatives to pay the fare. Although all of his relatives said no, he pretended that he could manage to borrow the money from one of his relatives once they got to Kagoshima, police said.
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