Four nabbed over 500 million yen heist in 2004.

(From Mainichi Daily News)

UTSUNOMIYA -- Four men have been arrested for robbing a transport company of more than 542 million yen in 2004, police said.

Arrested for the robbery was Hitoshi Ishimaru, 28, from Tokyo's Sumida-ku, Jin Guang, a 26-year-old Chinese national, Yasuo Oba, 55, from Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, and Oba's 28-year-old son, Ryusuke.

The four men sneaked into an office of the Tobuunyu Prv. Co. in Shimotsuke, Tochigi Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2004, where they bound two guards with tape after brandishing what appeared to be a pistol and a stun gun.

They stole a …