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Yomiuri Shimbun
2 days ago
- Yomiuri Shimbun
3 Arrested Over Smuggling 1 Ton of Cannabis Into Japan; Cannabis, Worth ¥5.2 Bil., Smuggled from Vietnam to Tokyo Port
Three Vietnamese nationals have been arrested on suspicion of violating the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law after about 1 ton of dried cannabis, worth about ¥5.2 billion, was seized after being smuggled into Tokyo Port. The Narcotics Control Department of Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare made the announcement on Wednesday. It is reportedly the largest amount ever seized of an illicit drug in Japan at one time. One of the people arrested is a 51-year-old woman living in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. According to the announcement, the woman, conspiring with an unidentified person, is suspected of hiding about 1,046 kilograms of dried cannabis in a shipping container and smuggling it onto a cargo ship from a port in Da Nang, Vietnam, to Tokyo Port from May 26 to June 5. The two other suspects, both men, are suspected of holding the smuggled cannabis at a builder's yard in Tochigi Prefecture on June 18. The three were arrested in June and July, and they were subsequently indicted. Tokyo Customs found the dried cannabis, which was divided into about 5 kilogram bags, in 200 of the about 1,500 imported boxes labeled charcoal, and reported it to the narcotics control department. The two men were then arrested after they received the packages at the yard, and the dried cannabis was seized. As the packages were set to be sent to a business in Osaka, the department suspects that the woman is the main person to receive the drugs in Japan and that an international smuggling ring might be involved.
Japan Today
2 days ago
- Japan Today
Record 1 ton of cannabis, worth ¥5.2 bil, seized in Japan
Photo shows about 1 ton of seized cannabis in Tokyo on Wednesday. Japanese narcotics agents said Wednesday they have seized 1.046 tons of cannabis worth about 5.2 billion yen ($35 million) on the street, marking Japan's largest-ever single-raid illegal drug haul. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Narcotics Control Department has arrested three Vietnamese nationals for allegedly smuggling the cannabis hidden in a shipping container and possessing it at a material yard in Tochigi Prefecture, it said. The three have been indicted on charges of violating the narcotics control law. © KYODO
The Mainichi
3 days ago
- The Mainichi
Record 1 ton of cannabis, worth $35 mil., seized in Japan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese narcotics agents said Wednesday they have seized 1.046 tons of cannabis worth about 5.2 billion yen ($35 million) on the street, marking Japan's largest-ever single-raid illegal drug haul. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Narcotics Control Department has arrested three Vietnamese nationals for allegedly smuggling the cannabis hidden in a shipping container and possessing it at a material yard in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, it said. The three have been indicted on charges of violating the narcotics control law.
