Japanese authorities on Tuesday arrested two of four Japanese detainees believed to be involved in a string of robberies across the country after they were deported from the Philippines earlier in the day.
Having been cleared of local charges in the Philippines, Kiyoto Imamura and Toshiya Fujita, both 38, were arrested aboard the plane from Manila bound for Tokyo.
The plane carrying the two men, with Japanese police officers accompanying them, landed at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday afternoon.