Six Aum Shinrikyo members have been arrested in two separate instances in Okayama and Aichi prefectures, police said Wednesday.
Three cultists were arrested on suspicion of giving false information when renting an apartment in Okayama Prefecture, while the other three were apprehended for allegedly claiming a yoga technique could clear up an Aichi Prefecture man's skin problems. Police say the three were illegally posing as licensed medical practitioners.
Okayama Prefectural Police officials said they also began searching about 10 facilities linked to the cult in three prefectures.