TOKYO (TR) – Law enforcement earlier this 12 months arrested a male British nationwide after the invention of almost 50 kilograms of unlawful medication, together with the artificial medication MDMA and ketamine, at a personal lodging facility in Toshima Ward, studies NHK (Sep. 19).
In June, officers from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Narcotics Control Division working off a tip searched the lodging facility and located roughly 47 kilograms of unlawful medication.
Among the unlawful medication was roughly 44 kilograms of tablets containing the artificial drug MDMA. The complete seizure has a road worth of round 600 million yen.
Officers additionally arrested British nationwide William Albert Priestley, 58, who was staying on the lodging facility, on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act by conspiring with a number of foreigners to smuggle unlawful medication for revenue.
Priestley has been accused of possessed roughly 1 kilogram of MDMA tablets and roughly 2 kilograms of ketamine powder, each of that are narcotics.
The Narcotics Control Agency has not revealed whether or not Priestley has admitted to the crime, citing it as a hindrance to the investigation.
Subsequent investigations have revealed that the MDMA and different medication are believed to have been smuggled as carry-on baggage from the U.Ok. to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport through India on June 24.
The Narcotics Control Agency believes that a global drug smuggling group is concerned. The investigation is ongoing, together with into who transported the medication.