TOKYO (TR) – The quantity of unlawful medicine seized by customs workplaces nationwide within the first half of this yr was the most important on document, reviews NHK (Sep. 24).
According to the Customs and Tariff Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, customs workplaces nationwide seized 2,073 kilograms of illicit medicine — together with kakuseizai (methamphetamine) and hashish — at airports and ports from January to June.
The quantity represents a rise of roughly 33 % in comparison with the identical interval final yr.
The quantity of marijuana seized was 1,332 kilograms, the most important whole since statistics started and improve of greater than eight instances over the identical interval final yr.
The leap was because of the seizure in June of over one ton of marijuana hidden in sea cargo from Vietnam.
Meanwhile, the variety of seizures of unlawful medicine has additionally been growing. Over the identical interval, the variety of seizures rose by roughly 6 % to 531. The variety of marijuana instances jumped by round 4 % to 164.