Police conducted authorized wiretaps in one murder case and four drug cases leading to 18 arrests in 2005, Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura told a Cabinet meeting Friday.
It is the first time authorized wiretapping has been used in a murder case and the highest number of authorized taps used for criminal investigations and arrests since the Communication Interception Law took effect in 2000.
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