Japanese Twin Brothers Arrested for Stealing Copper Roof from Shrine
Two 37-year-old twin brothers have been arrested in Japan on suspicion of stealing copper roofing from a mountain shrine, as police investigate a series of similar thefts targeting religious sites across Kochi Prefecture.
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