Who needs Batman? Mystery, crime-fighting courier foils ‘armed’ Japanese gangsters
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s ... Deliveryman!
A mystery crime-fighting superhero is striking fear into the hearts of Japan’s criminals after bravely foiling an ‘armed’ hold-up by a pair of yakuza gangsters, local media reported.
The delivery man was too tough, we were no match for him
When the mobsters waved a replica gun in the face of the 38-year-old courier in an attempt to steal a luxury watch, they got more than they bargained for.
The intrepid delivery man – whose true identity, in the best superhero tradition, remains unknown – snatched the fake weapon and forcibly took back the package, according to Tokyo police.
Suspects Yusuke Kodama, 32, and Hidekazu Oba, 35, both gang members from the Matsuba-kai crime syndicate, were arrested on suspicion of attempted extortion, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
Oba had ordered an US$8,000 Rolex wristwatch but when the beefy delivery man arrived and handed it over the two mobsters staged a fight to avoid paying up, telling the courier: “You had better get out of here.”