A former member of KAT-TUN, an all-male idol group, has been sentenced to 16 months in jail after being discovered responsible of violating the Stimulants Control Law.
The Chiba District Court on Tuesday convicted Koki Tanaka, 37, who had pleaded responsible to possessing stimulants, Kyodo News reported. Tanaka was arrested final 12 months, simply 9 days after he was convicted and given a suspended sentence for the same crime earlier within the 12 months.
The court docket heard that Tanaka was appearing in a “suspicious manner” exterior Kashiwa Station at round 10 p.m. on June 30. Prosecutors didn’t specify what Tanaka was doing, however stated that he tried to avert the gaze of cops as they approached him. He was discovered to be in possession of a plastic bag containing stimulants.
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