Police arrested a member of the Inagawa-kai underworld syndicate and raided 10 locations, including a Yokohama office controlled by the mob Friday, on suspicion the gang was attempting to smuggle guns and explosives into Japan, police sources said.
The arrest of the mobster, whose name was not provided, by the Metropolitan Police Department followed the earlier arrests of another man and two Filipino sailors, they said.
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