A former pop star was arrested Saturday for stealing electric cabling from a construction site, police said.
Yuki Goto, 21, a scaffolding worker who was a member of defunct pop unit "EE Jump," stands accused of theft. His 18- and 19-year-old accomplices have already been arrested over the case.
Investigators are questioning them over allegations that they stole other items to sell after the rise in metal prices on the international market. They suspect that Goto is the ringleader.
In the specific case for which they were arrested, Goto and his accomplices sneaked into a construction site in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, in the early hours of July 15, and made off with 80 reels of electric cable worth about 1 million yen, police said.
Goto was taken into custody after he turned himself in to police Saturday morning, accompanied by a lawyer.
Goto is the younger brother of singer Maki Goto, a former member of popular all-girl pop unit "Morning Musume."
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