TOKYO (AP) – Japanese police arrested a man who admitted to landing a drone with low levels of radioactive sand on the roof of the prime minister’s office to protest the government’s nuclear energy policy, officials said Saturday.
Tokyo metropolitan police said the man turned himself in late Friday in Fukui police in western Japan.
The small drone found Wednesday had traces of radiation and triggered fears of potential terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial devices, police said.
No one was injured and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was traveling at the time.
Police said Yasuo Yamamoto, 40, is facing charges of flying the drone and obstructing duties at the prime minister’s office.