Two suspects in their 20s wanted over a special fraud case four years ago were detained in Dubai and arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on the afternoon of the 27th after arriving in Japan. Special fraud — saimin sagi — covers swindles in which callers posing as police, officials or relatives talk victims into transferring money, often through cash machines.
One of the arrested men was named as Sano Kōyō, with no fixed address or occupation, NHK reported. The report identifies him only by the first characters of his name and gives no further detail on the second suspect.
The two were held in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, before being flown back. The report does not say when or how they were detained there, or how long they had been in the country.
The report does not give the amount of money involved, the prefecture where the fraud took place, or the charges the arrest warrants carry. It also does not say whether either man has admitted or denied the allegations.