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Pubdate: June 24, 1999
Source: Compuserve Japan Forum "Daily News"
400 kg of marijuana seized in Nagoya
Law enforcement officials have confiscated 400
kilograms of dried marijuana from a container left in Nagoya port by a
Panamanian-flagged container ship, police said Tuesday. [1]
The amount, which police say has an estimated street value of 2 billion yen, [2]
is the second-biggest single haul of marijuana ever made in Japan, after the
450 kg seized in Osaka in 1993.
The drug was found in 120 pouches concealed in a container filled with
gravel that was unloaded from the 18,487-ton ACX Lilac which entered Nagoya
port June 5. The pouches contained 40 lumps of marijuana that weighed some 80
grams each and resembled glue.
Compuserve Japan Forum "Daily News"
June 24, 1999
[1] That's June 22, 1999. The freighter arrived from the Philippines.
[2] US$16.5 million or JPY 5000 / gram. See also: marijuana prices
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