Wide-Scale Copper Wire Theft: 8 Cambodian Nationals Indicted.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".
By AI of "Isesaki FM".

In connection with the widespread serial copper wire theft case that occurred in seven prefectures including Gunma and Saitama, the joint investigation team of Gunma and Tochigi Prefectural Police arrested 11 men of Cambodian nationality, and sent eight of them, aged between 21 and 32, to the Maebashi District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of theft and other offenses.
The eight men who were sent to the prosecution are alleged to have stolen copper wire from solar power facilities, poultry farms, etc. between January and October 2023, totaling 153 crimes and causing total damages of approximately 276.7 million yen. They have admitted to the charges.