Alleged dope smuggler arrested
01/13/2006
The Asahi Shimbun
FUKUOKA--A man was arrested here on suspicion of smuggling 240 grams of marijuana into the country, which he concealed under his clothes, in his stomach, and in his anus, police said.
Yuichi Miyoshi, 24, an unemployed resident of the city of Kumamoto, was picked up at Fukuoka Airport on Dec. 15 after allegedly bringing the drugs in from the Netherlands, where the sale of marijuana is legal.
Police said Tuesday that Miyoshi swallowed 32 plastic packets of the drug and hid 31 other packets in his underpants, covering the area with towels.
He concealed the other 100 grams in eight condoms and inserted them in his anus, they said.
Inspectors at the Fukuoka Airport Branch Customs detected the packets in his underpants and immediately took him to a hospital where X-rays revealed the other stashes.
"I smuggled the drug to smoke it by myself," police quoted Miyoshi as saying.
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