日本警方抓获连环“内衣大盗”Serial lingerie thief arrested

4,400 pieces of women's underwear stolen by a construction worker are displayed by police in Hiroshima, western Japan, March 13, 2007.

Police believe that Shigeo Kodama, 54, amassed the 3,977 panties, 355 bras and 10 pairs of stockings over a six-year period. He was arrested in February after he stole underwear from two houses, and police laterraidedhis home.

"Since he was a construction worker, as long as he had a place to put his feet he was able to climb, so he had no trouble getting up to the second floor of apartment buildings," a police spokesman in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima said.

"He didn't steal any other kinds of clothing. But as long as it was underwear, apparently anything would do," the spokesman added.

(Reuters)

日本警方日前在一位建筑工人的家里发现了4000多件女士内衣，这可是他利用从工地上学来的“飞檐走壁”的技巧盗取的。

据警方消息，54岁的重郎儿玉在六年的时间里共“收藏”了3997条内裤、355件文胸和10双长统袜。今年2月，当他再次在两所居民住宅中实施偷盗时，被警方抓获；之后警方对他家进行了查抄。

日本西部城市广岛警察局的一位发言人说：“他是名建筑工人，所以只要有个地方落脚，他就可以'飞檐走壁'，因此爬上公寓楼的二层对于他来说是不成问题的。”

这位发言人补充说：“他没有偷其他类型的衣服。但只要是内衣，很显然，他都不会‘放过’。”

Vocabulary:    

raid  : 对…进行搜捕；查抄