A 42-year-old suspect was arrested for growing cannabis plants at his home in Tachikawa, Tokyo, for the purpose of selling them.


The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that it is suspected that it was cultivated and sold because 72 potted cannabis plants and 1 kg of dried cannabis were confiscated from home.

The person arrested was Masahiro Nose (42), an unemployed person in Takamatsu-cho, Tachikawa City.



According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, there is a suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law, saying that it was cultivated at home for the purpose of selling cannabis grass from around August to this month.



When the Metropolitan Police Department searched his home based on the information of the people concerned, he found 72 potted cannabis plants and dried cannabis in a courier box or bottle, totaling more than 1 kg. That is.



The seized cannabis is worth at least 6 million yen at the end of the trafficking price, so the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the suspicion that it was cultivated and sold.



In response to the investigation, he admitted that hemp plants were cultivated, but stated that he was "not for profit, but for his own use."