A college student tried to smuggle drugs to Japan from Cambodia, the Japanese authorities say.
AdvertisementA college student accused by the Japanese authorities of being a drug smuggler was caught in what one might call an unconventional disguise: a set of Buddhist monk's robes.
On Tuesday, Japan Customs said in a statement that on January 25, it detained a Taiwanese man who tried to smuggle drugs into the country from Cambodia.
The 21-year-old college student is accused of attempting to move around 13 pounds of stimulant drugs across the Japanese border, per a Thursday report from Japanese news outlet Yomiuri Shimbun.
The drugs are worth about 370 million Japanese yen, or $2.4 million, the outlet reported.
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Service, Japan Customs, Yomiuri Shimbun, Business
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Japan, Cambodia