22-year-old firefighter arrested on suspicion of buying cannabis Saitama Sakado December 5 16:59

A 22-year-old firefighter from the Sakado-Tsurugashima firefighting association in Saitama Prefecture was arrested on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Special Law for purchasing cannabis.

Arrested was by Nobuyoshi Takahashi (22), a firefighter from the Sakado-Tsurugashima Fire Association in Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture.

According to the police, the Takahashi firefighter is suspected of violating the Narcotics Exception Law as having purchased approximately 150 grams of dried cannabis for 360,000 yen in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture in October.

The police haven't disclosed the approval or disapproval of the investigation.

In October, the police arrested a 22-year-old Brazilian man and smuggled a stimulant from the United States, and as a result of investigating the investigation, it turned out that Takahashi firefighter was suspected of purchasing cannabis from this man It means that.

Kazuhiro Kaneko, the chief of the Sakado-Tsurugashima Fire Association, said, “It ’s really regrettable that the staff was arrested. We will confirm the facts and deal with them strictly.”