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.
Not fare: Woman stiffs cab driver after 650 km trip
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 18, 2021
A woman failed to pay the driver of a taxi after an 8-hour journey that ended near JR Tottori Station (Twitter)
TOTTORI (TR) – To be filed under: not fare.
Tottori Prefectural Police on Monday arrested a woman who declined to pay the taxi fare after traveling more than 600 kilometers between Kanagawa and Tottori prefectures, reports the
Asahi Shimbun (Jan. 18).
At around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Ayako Sakai boarded the taxi at JR Totsuka Station in Yokohama City. “I want to see the Tottori Sand Dunes,” she told the driver.