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Tokyo Reported
13-06-2025
- Tokyo Reported
Malaysian man, fiancée accused of smuggling meth in baby wipes at Sendai Airport
Malaysian man, fiancée accused of smuggling meth in baby wipes at Sendai Airport MIYAGI (TR) – Authorities here have arrested two Malaysian nationals who entered the country through Sendai Airport over the alleged smuggling of nearly 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, reports NHK (June 12). On May 13, a 52-year-old male businessman and his fiancée, 46, allegedly smuggled 9.2 kilograms of kakuseizai (methamphetamine) into Japan from Malaysia by soaking the illegal drugs in 25 packets of wet baby wipes. The wipes soaked in kakuseizai, which were placed into backpacks and suitcases brought aboard an airplane, have a street value was about 530 million yen, authorities said. Police did not reveal whether the pair admit to violating the Stimulants Control Act. They were indicted on June 4. Eight days later, they were accused of violating the Customs Act regarding attempted smuggling. The two entered the country by arriving at Sendai Airport from Malaysia via Taiwan. This is the first time that a stimulant drug smuggling operation has been detected at Sendai Airport. The amount is the history of in Miyagi Prefecture. When customs officials found the wipes in their luggage, one of the defendants said, 'They are used for Muslim prayers.' After becoming suspicious, officials discovered the drugs with the aid of a detector. Police plan to continue their investigation, including whether crime was carried out for profit.
Tokyo Reported
13-06-2025
- Tokyo Reported
Malaysian man, fiancé accused of smuggling meth in baby wipes at Sendai Airport
MIYAGI (TR) – Authorities here have arrested two Malaysian nationals who entered the country through Sendai Airport over the alleged smuggling of nearly 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, reports NHK (June 12). On May 13, a 52-year-old male businessman and his fiancé, 46, allegedly smuggled 9.2 kilograms of kakuseizai (methamphetamine) into Japan from Malaysia by soaking the illegal drugs in 25 packets of wet baby wipes. The wipes soaked in kakuseizai, which were placed into backpacks and suitcases brought aboard an airplane, have a street value was about 530 million yen, authorities said. Police did not reveal whether the pair admit to violating the Stimulants Control Act. They were indicted on June 4. Eight days later, they were accused of violating the Customs Act regarding attempted smuggling. Malaysian man, fiancé accused of smuggling meth in baby wipes at Sendai Airport (X) The two entered the country by arriving at Sendai Airport from Malaysia via Taiwan. This is the first time that a stimulant drug smuggling operation has been detected at Sendai Airport. The amount is the history of in Miyagi Prefecture. When customs officials found the wipes in their luggage, one of the defendants said, 'They are used for Muslim prayers.' After becoming suspicious, officials discovered the drugs with the aid of a detector. Police plan to continue their investigation, including whether crime was carried out for profit.
Tokyo Reported
04-06-2025
- General
- Tokyo Reported
British man, 76, suspected of smuggling 1 kg of meth into Fukuoka
FUKUOKA (TR) – Law enforcement here has announced the arrest of a 76-year-old British man over the alleged smuggling of over 1 kilogram of methamphetamine from inside a travel bag, reports Nippon News Network (June 3). ON May 14, William John Brian Barnes allegedly concealed 1.2 kilograms of kakuseizai inside a travel bag for the purpose of sale upon arrival at Fukoka Airport on a flight from South Korea. The contraband has a street value of 73.5 million yen, according to customs officials. Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Act, Barnes denied the allegations, saying he received the bag from a man he knows in South Africa. 'I bought this bag and brought it in, but I didn't know that there were stimulant drugs in it,' he said. According to sources, the large amount of methamphetamine was hidden on both sides of the leather bag. Police are investigating an organized crime ring is connected to the incident.
Tokyo Reported
31-05-2025
- Tokyo Reported
Suspected drug trafficker found with cocaine, meth, marijuana in Saitama
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly possessing illegal drugs with the intent to sell in Saitama Prefecture last month, reports the Sankei Shimbun (May 29). At around 10:35 a.m. on April 1, Tomohiro Goto allegedly possessing 68 grams of kakuseizai (methamphetamine), 916 grams of marijuana, 229 grams of cocaine and 50 grams of MDMA, or Ecstasy, inside a vehicle parked on a street in Hanno City. The contraband has a street value of 14.5 million yen, the Machida Police Station said. Tomohiro Goto (X) Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Act and the Narcotics Control Act over possession of profit, Goto admitted to the charges. 'I was making a profit by trafficking illegal drugs,' he said. The arrest is not the first for Goto. He was arrested twice in April and May on suspicion of unlawful arrest and confinement, assault and other offenses. According to police, he assaulted and confined a man and his acquaintance with whom he was having financial problems in February. When his car was searched as a part of that investigation in April, the large quantities of meth and the other drugs were found.
Japan Today
25-05-2025
- Japan Today
Suspect who fled police station after officer dozed off recaptured
A 32-year-old man who had been arrested on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Act temporarily escaped from a police station after a police officer dozed off, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, police said Sunday. The man, Kohei Takai, was caught after he got about 200 meters from Kawasaki Police Station at around 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, TV Asahi reported. He had turned himself in at a koban (police box) at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, confessing that he had been using stimulants. According to police, Takai was taken to Kawasaki Police Station where an officer questioned him in an interrogation room. While waiting to be transferred to a cell, he fled the station when the police officer supervising him in the interrogation room dozed off. Another police officer saw Takai and immediately gave chase and apprehended him. Kawasaki Police Station Deputy Chief Yoshinari Hagamine said, "We will work to prevent a recurrence of such an incident.' © Japan Today
