The Tokyo High Court of the second trial followed the first trial against the former leader of a gangster who was charged with violating the Stimulant Drug Control Law for smuggling a stimulant worth about 30 billion yen off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture. I was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In 2017, Hiroshi Ebisawa, a 61-year-old former leader of a Sumiyoshi-kai-affiliated gangster, instructed other gangster executives to hand over 470 kg of stimulants off the coast of Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, worth about 30 billion yen at sea. He was accused of violating the Stimulants Control Law for smuggling by a method called "Setori".
The Mito District Court of the first instance sentenced him to life imprisonment and a fine of 10 million yen, saying that it was a "planned crime and very malicious", while the defendant appealed and said, "It's just a carrier and the sentence is too heavy." Insisted.
In the judgment of the second trial, Hiroko Kondo, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo High Court, said, "It is clear that Japan cannot be said to be nothing more than a carrier, playing a leading role such as giving instructions to accomplices and arranging storage locations. There is nothing unreasonable in the judgment of the first instance, which was found to be the chief executive officer of the side, "he dismissed the appeal, and sentenced him to life imprisonment and a fine of 10 million yen following the first instance.