Government authorities on Friday searched two electronics retail outlets in Fukuoka over their suspected sales of thousands of used home appliances that had been collected for recycling.
Officials of the Environment Ministry and the Kyushu Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said they searched the Tenjin branch of Bic Camera Co. and the Hakata branch of Yodobashi Camera Co. the same day.
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