Taxi fare for 850-km trip 2,70,000 Yen A man has been arrested for allegedly stiffing a taxi driver after having promised to pay when embarking on an 850-kilometer journey, police said Monday.
Takafumi Arima, 26 and jobless, climbed into the cab in Yokohama, late Saturday and told the driver to go to Matsuyama in Shikoku, a Matsuyama police officer told AFP.
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Arima had said he would pay the fare upon arrival and the driver believed him, the officer added.
But after driving overnight for more than nine hours, the fare meter came to 270,000 yen and Arima confessed that he had no money, the officer said.
“The driver then called police, which led to Arima’s arrest,” the officer said, adding his motive of the road trip was unknown and was to be investigated.
