Photo/Illutration A small camera attached to a mud flap on the front tire of the vehicle (Keitaro Nishizaki)

KYOTO--A delivery driver has been arrested on suspicion of secretly filming under the skirts of girls using cameras attached to the bottom of his vehicle, police announced on July 19.

Satoshi Nishimura, 44, of Kyoto, is accused of filming up the skirts of eight girls, including elementary and high school students.

He reportedly drove past them on the streets of Kyoto and Uji cities while driving a light delivery truck between September and December last year.

He is suspected of violating the prefectural ordinance on nuisance prevention, which prohibits indecent acts.

When police seized the light truck, they discovered four small cameras attached to areas under the bumper and near the front tires.

Police believe that Nishimura drove the truck at low speeds on narrow residential streets and filmed girls as they were going to and from school.

He denies the allegations, saying, “I was just looking for a place to park my vehicle.”

Police launched an investigation in April last year after a female acquaintance of the suspect reported receiving an obscene video. The video differed from the ones in which the girls were secretly filmed.

When police searched Nishimura’s home, they found more than 30 hard disks containing a large number of voyeuristic videos.

Nishimura is believed to have repeatedly engaged in such filming acts for more than a decade and the number of victims could reach as many as 1,000.

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