[ironjunkie]

Why did they not park the car back and wait with the police on call in order to catch the thieves that would have come back the next night?

[Rjevski]

I had a phone stolen recently at knifepoint (attempting to sell it on a classifieds site). When I told the police I could make them come back next day (posting another ad, etc) they wouldn’t give a shit.

I suspect this is the same reason.

[chrischen]

You'd have to get the Japanese police involved.

https://www.economist.com/asia/2017/05/18/as-crime-dries-up-...

[test6554]

With the alarm disabled, they could wait a month.

[Cthulhu_]

I'd argue they would have to act quickly though - there was an alarm going on the dashboard when the car was started.

[stingraycharles]

I would assume because of the short timeline, the novelty of the technique, a lot of paperwork being involved, and possibly a whole different police department that would have to do it.