- A school pupil tried to smuggle medicine to Japan from Cambodia, the Japanese authorities say.
- The coed donned a set of billowing Buddhist monk robes to masks the medicine, per the authorities.
- The Japanese customs launched photographs of what seem like packets taped to the person’s thighs and torso.
A school pupil accused by the Japanese authorities of being a drug smuggler was caught in what one may name an unconventional disguise: a set of Buddhist monk’s robes.
On Tuesday, Japan Customs mentioned in a press release that on January 25, it detained a Taiwanese man who tried to smuggle medicine into the nation from Cambodia.
The 21-year-old faculty pupil is accused of trying to maneuver round 13 kilos of stimulant medicine throughout the Japanese border, per a Thursday report from Japanese information outlet Yomiuri Shimbun. The medicine are value about 370 million Japanese yen, or $2.4 million, the outlet reported.
Pictures launched by the Japanese customs confirmed what gave the impression to be plastic baggage taped to a person’s thighs and torso.
“I used to be additionally wearing a monk-like gown once I entered Japan on January 15. However no one approached me. So, I made a decision to do it once more,” the person instructed the Japanese authorities, per the Yomiuri Shimbun.
The coed faces as much as seven years imprisonment for the smuggling cost and as much as 5 years in jail if convicted of drug possession, in response to Japanese regulation.
Different individuals accused of drug smuggling have additionally gotten inventive with their disguises.
In 2016, a Colombian lady was detained at Frankfurt airport for making an attempt to smuggle cocaine into Germany in her breast implants. The girl, German customs officers mentioned, was carrying 2.2 kilos of cocaine inside her breasts.
