NHK -- Jun 13
Police have recorded a large number of burglaries in areas evacuated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in 2011.
Fukushima police arrested a 34-year-old man on Thursday on suspicion of stealing clothes from an empty apartment in the town of Tomioka. The town is south of the plant and is designated an evacuation zone due to nuclear fallout.
Police searched the man's home in Tamura, Fukushima prefecture. They confiscated more than 3,000 stolen items, including precious metals.
Police say in the first five months of the year, 90 cases of burglary were reported in 8 municipalities surrounding the crippled plant.
住民が避難中の福島・富岡町で、自転車などを盗んだ疑いで、男が逮捕された。 逮捕された男の家から、警察が押収したものは、パソコンや下着など、その数は、およそ3,000点。男は「やりたい放題だった」などと供述しているという。 警察署に広げられた大量の衣類。 そして、パソコンなどの電化製品やギターなどの楽器。 さらに、...
News source: NHK
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