TOKYO, Feb 04 (News On Japan) –
Two self-styled “private arrest” YouTubers have been handed suspended sentences after being convicted of inciting a person to convey unlawful medicine.
Ren Konno and Michitaka Okumura had been charged with soliciting a person on-line—whereas posing as a girl—to convey methamphetamine in August 2023, allegedly to movie a staged drug possession arrest.
In a ruling on February third, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Konno to at least one yr and 4 months in jail, suspended for 3 years, whereas Okumura acquired a ten-month jail sentence, additionally suspended for 3 years.
During their preliminary courtroom listening to, Konno and Okumura denied wrongdoing, stating, “We had no intention of inciting the crime,” and pleaded not responsible.
Source: FNN