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.