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https://soranews24.com/2020/09/15/panty-thief-gets-an-unexpected-surprise-after-police-reveal-thong-is-not-what-it-seems/ Teenager learns a lesson he won’t ever forget. On 10 September, officers from Ehime Prefecture’s Matsuyama East Police Station, on the island of Shikoku, arrested a man for underwear theft. While underwear theft is sadly not uncommon in Japan, what made this case unusual is the fact that the underwear stolen was actually a man’s thong/G-string. According to police, the theft occurred at around 3:50 pm on 25 August, when the suspect took the G-string (or “T-back” as they’re known in Japan) from the balcony of a ground floor apartment, where it was hanging out to dry. The owner of the T-back was a 38-year-old man who lived on the ground floor of a two-storey apartment block with his wife and two children. Police say the eldest daughter noticed a suspicious figure standing on their balcony, and when her mother called out to the man, he ran off at full speed. Her father, who owned the T-back, was not home at the time. The culprit was later identified from security camera footage, leading police to arrest a 19-year-old apprentice painter, who admitted to stealing the underwear. When police asked the thief why he had stolen the man’s G-string, he became confused, saying, “No way was it for men….” It appears the thief thought he had run away with a pair of women’s undies, and hadn’t realised he’d actually stolen a man’s G-string. People online were quick to comment on the thief’s blunder with: Police say several items of women’s underwear were found in the 19-year-old’s home, prompting them to investigate his possible involvement in other cases of underwear theft in the area. After the shock of adding a man’s T-back to his collection, this is one panty thief who’ll be thinking hard about his appetite for underwear before striking again. In fact, adding one or two male T-backs to the laundry line might actually be a handy line of defence for those wanting to protect their female undergarments on the balcony… and give a middle finger to panty snatchers they’ll never forget. Source: Mainichi Shimbun via Hamusoku Top image: Pakutaso