Niigata Five university students returning home with the new corona arrested for suspecting possession of cannabis June 19 4:45
In February this year, five people, including a male college student who was returning to Niigata prefecture due to the influence of the new coronavirus, were arrested by the police on the suspicion of violating the cannabis control law as having possession of cannabis at the home of an acquaintance. Was found during interviews with investigators.
All were arrested in their teens, including five male university students who attend colleges in Niigata Prefecture and Tokyo.
According to investigators, five people were suspected of violating the Cannabis Control Law this past February as having possessed cannabis at their acquaintance's home in Agano City, Niigata Prefecture. Among them, a male college student attending a university in Tokyo was returning to Niigata prefecture at the time due to the new coronavirus.
The police believe that five people may have gathered and used cannabis together and are investigating the acquisition route.
According to police, the number of arrests related to cannabis last year in Niigata prefecture was 91, the highest since 1989, of which teens and 20s were more than 60%, and police are increasing caution. I will.