Do you bring stimulants into the parts of the desk or bring in gangsters? 2 arrests January 12, 12:10
Two gangsters were arrested when stimulants were found to have been incorporated into parts of the desk sent by air cargo from abroad. The Metropolitan Police Department and others are examining it as a new way to escape detection by X-ray examination.
Both were arrested by gangsters living in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Hiroshi Yamazaki (32) and a transport company officer Katsumata Mamoru (32).
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the two are suspected of possessing a stimulant kneaded into the parts of a tabletop at the warehouse of Katsumata's company in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, on 23rd of this month.
The desk was sent by air cargo from the United Arab Emirates and was not found by X-ray inspection by customs at Haneda Airport, but when customs officials checked in detail, it turned out that stimulants were kneaded in is.
The Metropolitan Police Department and others have arrested two persons as they proceeded with a search for destinations as a new method of smuggling to escape detection by X-ray examination.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, both of them have denied allegations of the investigation.