Man and wife suspected of smuggling 8 kg of stimulant drugs in hair wax
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 23, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man and his wife over the alleged smuggling of 8 kilograms of stimulant drugs inside containers of hair wax, reports the
Asahi Shimbun (Jan. 22).
According to police, accomplices of Ken Hoshino, 42, and his wife, 29-year-old Saki, mailed a cardboard box containing 8 kilograms of
kakuseizai, or stimulant drugs, from Thailand on January 10.
Upon the package’s arrival at Narita International Airport, Tokyo Customs officials found the contraband valued at around 515 million yen packed inside 16 plastic containers of hair wax.
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Jiji Jan 19, 2021
The amount of liquid marijuana seized in Japan has been surging, putting police and customs authorities on high alert.
The estimated amount of marijuana in liquid form confiscated by Tokyo Customs in 2020 jumped nearly 70 times from the previous year’s level. A customs official described the situation as “an explosive increase.”
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