Record 15 kg of cocaine seized from single passenger at Haneda

Perhaps the death penalty would be a good way to reduce drug smugglers like in singapore. Hang’em

372 million yen, concealed in 15 candy boxes inside a suitcase in the possession of a 25-year-old Canadian man.

Which season of Narcos is this? Canadian nationality that's bit unusual.

”Cancel Christmas” for the next twenty years.

He will claim he was set up. Very strange for a rich Canadian to do it. I wonder what the final destination was. I don’t think cocaine is famous in Japan. Usually Marijuana is famous in Japan. He must have been changing planes in Japan for another country where cocaine is famous.

The quantity is HUGEEEEEEeeee, definitely decades of jail....btw cocaine is getting more popular.

@Japantime What are you talking about? I know a bar in Tokyo where the manager decided to remove the tops of the toilets because they were always covered in cocaine by the end of the night due to people snorting lines off the enamel while they had the privacy of their own cubicle-and that was 25 years ago!

Cocaine is becoming more popular in Japan for sure .

The 25-year-old Canadian man will spend 25 years or more in prison.

”Cancel Christmas” for the next twenty years.- WA4TKG

Santa's sleigh has intercepted. Notice to all elves, I repeat Santa's sleigh has been intercepted. No snow this Christmas.

Should have flown Emirates. He could have gotten a 30kg allowance.

15 kilos is a big bust but there is still plenty getting into Japan.

The 25-year-old Canadian man will spend 25 years or more in prison.

The maximum penalty for any amount of drugs in Japan is 10 years. You could be caught with a literal cargo ship full of heroin, and the maximum penalty will still be 10 years.

To add on to the above, possession without intent to sell or distribute carries a maximum penalty of 3 years for cannabinoids and psychotropics, and 5 years for stimulants, opiates, and narcotics.

“No intent to sell or distribute” is usually interpreted as less than 15g of marijuana, less than 3 grams of narcotics or opiates, and less than 1.5 grams of stimulants.

If you smuggle stimulants or other narcotics into Japan, you may be imprisoned for life.

https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/multilingual/english/safe_society/law_violations/warning.html

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He will claim he was set up. Very strange for a rich Canadian to do it. I wonder what the final destination was. I don’t think cocaine is famous in Japan. Usually Marijuana is famous in Japan. He must have been changing planes in Japan for another country where cocaine is famous

Very strange comment.

I am not sure where you get the idea Canadians are "rich" perhaps you should do a little checking before commenting.

As for cocaine not being "famous" in Japan perhaps not a common as is other countries but it is far far far more profitable according to the stats.

The average world street value for a gram is $120.

This is also the average price in the USA while in Canada according to the government it is $85 (everything is in USD ).

In Japan the average street price is $185 USD only places higher are a few Arab countries and Australia/NZ at around $260 per gram.

So as a destination for cocaine Japan is a prime high profit location without the death penalty and without the longer flight and higher cost for Australia.

Taking into account all the above factors it is highly probable Japan is the final destination.

Now please people, I do not have any personal knowledge of use or prices etc.... the above is strictly from information off of USA, UK, Canada, Australia etc .. government websites and Statista, etc... so if you know more or better information, fine, let us know.

15 kg of cocaine shows narcotic drug smuggling with an intent to supply.

Canadian by passport, ethnically, who knows? Time will tell.

Yeah, he’s finished. You smuggle drugs, you deserve nothing less but life.

A Japanese man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined about $35,000 for leading a ring that smuggled illegal narcotics into Japan through the U.S. military postal system on Okinawa.

He was charged with violating Japan’s Narcotics Control Law, the Cannabis Control Act, the Stimulant Control Law and the Customs Act.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-10-04/okinawa-drug-smuggling-ring-military-7569308.html

It is interesting, at aro6the same time 2023/24 and 2018 (possibly other years) other Canadians were caught doing the same thing.

I wonder if these are all connected all were late December or early/mid January

Customs officers found the cocaine, with an estimated street value of 372 million yen, concealed in 15 candy boxes inside a suitcase in the possession of a 25-year-old Canadian man.

He gambled big and lost. At least he should be glad this was Tokyo and not Singapore.