TOKYO –
Volleyball participant Shunichiro Sato, a member of Japan’s males’s nationwide workforce, was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of possessing marijuana after allegedly leaving a bag containing the drug at a pachinko parlor in Tokyo.
Sato, 26, is suspected of possessing dried marijuana at a pachinko parlor in Itabashi Ward on the night of May twenty seventh.
Police stated the case got here to gentle after the pachinko parlor contacted authorities concerning a forgotten bag. During a subsequent investigation, officers found suspected marijuana linked to Sato, and he was arrested on the morning of May twenty eighth after forensic testing confirmed the substance.
Authorities haven’t disclosed whether or not Sato has admitted to the allegations.
Japan’s males’s nationwide volleyball workforce had been holding a coaching camp in Tokyo’s Kita Ward since May eleventh.
Standing 2.05 meters tall, Sato performed as a center blocker and represented Japan on the 2025 World Championship.
The Japan Volleyball Association introduced on its web site on the afternoon of May twenty eighth that it had revoked Sato’s registration with the nationwide workforce, including: “We deeply apologize for betraying the trust of fans.”
Source: FNN