1.   Police investigating the rural hideout of arrested cult leader Shoko Asahara have found a hidden underground chamber with a giant cache of nerve gas ingredients, reports said Thursday.

2.   A notebook was also reportedly seized from an arrested cult official that contained plans for buying tanks and other military goods from Russia.

3.   Arrested cult members reportedly have admitted to police that the group was responsible for an earlier cyanide gas attempt which also failed.

4.   It also owns a Russian military helicopter, and a notebook seized from an arrested cult official lists prices of Russian nuclear warheads, tanks and other weapons.

5.   News reports Thursday said a notebook seized from an arrested cult official contained plans for buying tanks and other military goods from Russia.

6.   Police said they traced the call to Sunaoshi through a recording of it, with the help of other arrested cult followers.

7.   The Yomiuri newspaper reported Thursday that a notebook seized from an arrested cult official also contained plans for buying military tanks from Russia.