Huge stash of women's underwear found in theft suspect's home

YAMAGUCHI -- A man suspected of stealing about 4,000 items of women's underwear over as many as 30 years has been arrested, police said. The man, Kazumasa Ota, 55, who is already under arrest for illegal entry into a residence, was served a fresh arrest warrant on suspicion of theft. Police seized about 4,000 items of women's underwear from his apartment and car. When questioned by police, Ota reportedly told them that he had a penchant for women's underwear. "I like women's underwear," he was quoted as telling investigators. Police suspect that Ota stole the underwear from Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures over a period of about 30 years. The underwear had been folded up and protected with a moth repellant, and packed into 30 cardboard boxes. Investigators said Ota stole three items of women's underwear hanging to dry on the veranda of an apartment in Iwakumi, Yamaguchi Prefecture on about March 21. On April 4, when put his hand on the fence of the same veranda, a company employee living nearby apprehended him. (Wire reports, Japan, April 27, 2004)

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