KUMAMOTO (TR) – Authorities right here final month arrested a 48-year-old music producer from Tokyo over the alleged smuggling of unlawful medicine ketamine and MDMA, or Ecstasy, experiences Fuji News Network (June 10).
The suspect arrested on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act is music producer (48), who lives in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
On May 22, Masanori Morita, who lives in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, is suspected of importing the medicine MDMA and ketamine into Japan through Kumamoto Airport on a flight from Seoul, Korea.
When customs officers on the airport inspected the suitcase Morita had checked in, powder-like substances in two vials was present in a trouser pocket, which after an examination was recognized as being MDMA and ketamine.
Kumamoto Prefectural Police arrested Morita after receiving a report from customs officers. Police haven’t revealed whether or not Morita has admitts to the costs, saying such info can be an obstacle to the investigation.
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According to the investigation up to now, Morita is believed to have departed from Narita Airport on May 14 and stayed in Las Vegas, USA. He is believed to have come to Kumamoto Airport through Korea on May 22 for a music occasion.
Nagasaki Customs additionally filed prices towards Morita with the Kumamoto District Public Prosecutors Office on June 9 for allegedly violating the Customs Act.
The bust represents the primary seizure of ketamine and MDMA at Kumamoto Airport.
Police are actually investigating how Morita obtained the medicine.