Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested three men, one a music composer, on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Act after they smuggled marijuana from the United States and sent some to a rival music composer in an attempt to put him out of business.
Among the three men, one suspect has been identified as Nao Yamashita, 26, a music composer from Naha City in Okinawa Prefecture, Kyodo News reported. Following his arrest on Monday, Yamashita told police that he mailed the illegal substance to his rival’s address so he would be investigated and his career ruined.
According to police reports, Yamashita and two accomplices searched for the composer’s address and found three men with the exact same name. The three suspects then mailed marijuana multiple times to the addresses between July and August of last year.
All of the suspects face allegations of conspiring to import approximately 0.99 grams of cannabis from the United States via Haneda airport on July 17, 2023. Customs officials discovered the illegal substance.
Nagoya Customs filed charges against the three men with the Nagoya District Prosecutors Office on Monday.
© Japan Today
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sakurasuki
What happened to those composer's address? Do they get the treatment where they need to make false confession?
How they able to get into Japan? Weak border control?
Moonraker
Approximately 1 gram then.
Speed
This shows three stupid Japanese men trying to exploit stupid Japanese pot laws.
Paul Scott
I’m confused. Where did the marijuana they sent come from if customs intercepted the package at Haneda?
i mean, it’s literally impossible that there is any MJ in Japan! It can only come from outside.
kohakuebisu
Imagine Oasis doing this to Blur or the Rolling Stones to the Beatles.
Yubaru
Gotta be something in the water down here that makes folks do some really stupid guano!
justsomeguy8008
Waste of perfectly good marijuana