<p>Japanese police said today they have arrested a woman for calling them more than 15,000 times over a six-month period.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Authorities repeatedly visited the 44-year-old and asked her to cease and desist. When she failed to stop making the calls, which started in May, police slapped handcuffs on her.<br /><br />"She made as many as 927 emergency calls in one day....disturbing our police duties," said an official in the city of Sakai, near the western city of Osaka.<br /><br />Authorities, who have so far ruled out mental illness for the woman's behaviour, said her calls had "no real meaning".<br /><br />"She didn't make up a story that required us to respond -- it was just total nonsense," the official told AFP.<br /><br />"We visited her place about 60 times before arresting her, trying to persuade her not to call us again. I wonder if she was just lonely."<br /><br />The woman was charged with fraudulent obstruction of police business, which carries a maximum penalty of up to three years in prison or a fine of USD 4,900.</p>
<p>Japanese police said today they have arrested a woman for calling them more than 15,000 times over a six-month period.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Authorities repeatedly visited the 44-year-old and asked her to cease and desist. When she failed to stop making the calls, which started in May, police slapped handcuffs on her.<br /><br />"She made as many as 927 emergency calls in one day....disturbing our police duties," said an official in the city of Sakai, near the western city of Osaka.<br /><br />Authorities, who have so far ruled out mental illness for the woman's behaviour, said her calls had "no real meaning".<br /><br />"She didn't make up a story that required us to respond -- it was just total nonsense," the official told AFP.<br /><br />"We visited her place about 60 times before arresting her, trying to persuade her not to call us again. I wonder if she was just lonely."<br /><br />The woman was charged with fraudulent obstruction of police business, which carries a maximum penalty of up to three years in prison or a fine of USD 4,900.</p>