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Two men were arrested on Tuesday for illegally stealing 9.1 kilometers of wiring from electric poles, Munhwa Ilbo reports.
According to Gyeongnam Namhae Police Station, a man surnamed Lee, 55, and a man surnamed Jeong, 46, have been charged with theft. Police said the men had stolen wire from several places in Gyeongnam Province.
In one instance last month, they allegedly cut 1.2 kilometers of wire from poles in a village in Namhae.
The men, who met at a board game club, stole the wire in sparsely populated rural areas, police said.