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Jail escapee Tatsuma Hirao, 27, was arrested near Hiroshima railway station in western Japan on April 30, 2018. [AFP]
A thief who fled an open jail in Japan sparking a high-profile manhunt involving some 15,000 officers was taken into custody on Monday, police said, more than three weeks after his escape.
Tatsuma Hirao, 27, a "model" inmate who was serving time for multiple thefts, was arrested on a street near Hiroshima railway station in western Japan, a local police spokesman told AFP.
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