1.   The sect is suspected of involvement in the sarin nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subway last week.

2.   The sect is also suspected of bribing a former top parliamentarian in Russia in connection with the purchase of a military helicopter, a Japanese lawmaker said Thursday.

3.   Weekend news reports said the sect was also suspected of researching nuclear weapon-making technology and that police had also found biological warfare substances.

4.   The Aum Supreme Truth doomsday religious sect is suspected of carrying out the gas attack in Tokyo.

5.   The cult invested four billion yen in building a chemical plant where the sect is suspected of the gas.

6.   The official reason given by police for the raid was a robbery in a Tokyo street last February in which police suspected the sect, according to Jiji Press.