Thai flight attendant nabbed for marijuana smuggling

Friday 24th October, 11:39 AM JST

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Rodney_King at 06:56 PM JST - 24th October

@fatloser:

Nab the carrier, but let the distributer go unmolested....HEY..NICE WORK!!!

Can you read the news again ?

he was supposed to hand over the marijuana to a gang member (...) Chiba prefectural police have already arrested the gangster as well
borscht at 08:45 PM JST - 24th October

Why wasn't the headline: "Japanese gangster nabbed for smuggling marijuana" and then, in the article, mention that this Japanese gangster (with name and age attached) used a Thai flight attendant to smuggle the marijuana into Japan?
elbudamexicano at 09:02 PM JST - 24th October

It is easier to blame all those "evil foreigners" Thais, Colombians etc...than to try to blame the yakuza scum bags who go on sex trips to these countries, "make friends" with the locals and they entice them with talk of making a lot of easy money. This is a very old kind of story happening all around the world every single day. (I think it may not happen in places like Saudi where they will just chop off your head.)
linro at 09:05 PM JST - 24th October

I know one drug that kills,breaks up family's,is in the high risk category when it come to aids,and is very addictive, it is alcohol!! Marijuana doesn't even come close to the amount of damage and deaths alcohol causes. Many countries give Marijuana a slap on the hand or a small fine if carrying more than a joint because it is mild drug and none addictive for one, alcohol is!I know, been there done it got of the stuff I was at rock bottom, But sometimes Japan is a little behind, Holland has a mature and responsible way at looking at the drug problem it has and probably one of the best in the world, but I do not advocated drug use and breaking any counties laws. Just happy to be sober.
Weasel at 10:02 PM JST - 24th October

Wow! The only thing that would have made this story even more interesting would have been if the flight attendant had wore a "Bong hits 4 Jesus" t-shirt during the time of the arrest.
blvtzpk at 10:18 PM JST - 24th October

There goes his chance at a sumo career. What a waste!
isthistheend at 10:56 PM JST - 24th October

And he could have worn the Miura hat coming in too.
rjd_jr at 12:09 AM JST - 25th October

Refreshing, finally a drug smuggler that actually admits to the misdeed, instead of the pathetic "I didn't know what I was carrying not my fault waaaa" excuse. Just for this the flight attendant should not be punished as harshly as those who deny, though this is a relative notion (instead of let's say 20 years, 15 years of hard labor for example).
goodDonkey at 05:03 AM JST - 25th October

some14some said:

Small quanity, small value, little punishment should be ok but then he is a foreign national...!

PepinGalarga said:

what a loser. throwing it all away for a few dime bags.

I would call 1 lb and 5.86 oz more than "a few dime bags." From somewhere many, many years ago I recalled that an oz. was about 28 grams. How I would remember such a thing, I'll never know (tell).
gotubadboy at 05:36 AM JST - 25th October

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Not surprised at all.
wargalley20011 at 12:04 PM JST - 26th October

Just think, that might have been his last delivery. Now it is.
KaptainKichigai at 12:15 PM JST - 26th October

Legalize Today! But UNTIL that happens, respect the laws of the country you live in and are travelling to! Keep the foreign life going with as much integrity as possible for us all out here in the strangelands of our neighbors.
urufuls at 02:20 PM JST - 26th October

I was wondering why the plane food he gave me made me even hungrier after eating it.
mrhog123 at 10:34 AM JST - 27th October

Why not grow it in country. Mt Fuji looks like a good place.
Psych at 12:33 PM JST - 27th October

Does this mean we have to wait longer?