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Crime › Man arrested for cutting electric wires for toilets at convenience stores in Tokyo

Police on Wednesday arrested a man for cutting electric wires for toilets at two convenience stores in Katsushika and Adachi Wards on March 5. According… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Apr 17 2008

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