TOKYO, Oct 27 (NNN-NHK) – Three foreign nationals from Mexico, have been arrested, on suspicion of smuggling around 113 kilograms of stimulant drugs, with a street value of about seven billion yen (47 million U.S. dollars), police in central Japan said, yesterday.
Police in Toyama prefecture believe the three suspects, a Ukrainian and two Russian men, smuggled the drugs through Narita airport near Tokyo, in Aug, by hiding them in air cargo, with the substances divided into clear plastic bags and carried in a large metal container.
The stimulants arrived at a company in Toyama in Sept, when local police arrested the three, and a 22-year-old male Russian national, initially on suspicion of narcotics possession, they said.
Investigators suspect, an international smuggling ring was involved in this case.– NNN-NJHK
