bobby12 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Quote: Cannabis blunder at Tokyo airport An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say. A customs officer hid a package of the banned narcotic in a side pocket of a randomly chosen suitcase in order to test airport security. Sniffer dogs failed to detect the cannabis and the officer could not remember which bag he had put it in. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7419969.stm Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 It was on the news just now. Lucky bastard... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 this is not right. I am dusgusted. Where is my share? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Let's hope the passenger-in-question isn't in transit to Malaysia or Indonesia. What a great joke, being executed for smuggling drugs. Hohoho. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 That's not so bad. Russian caught smuggling counterfeit lipstick into Moscow.......... Death penalty. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Get this straight. The Drug Police find it OK to plant stuff in your suitcase. Try telling that to the beak. Someone's head needs to roll for this. It's a disgrace. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 They did the same test here once. They planted 5 kg of canabis in some poor girls Boogie board bag. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 so, up to bout 5oz and youre safe... remember that boys and girls. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 IN the court trial of some friend of corby's sister she said that japanese mull was wicked.. lmao.. Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Soubs is right, seems funny but could be crazy if that person doesn't check unused side pockets and ends up travelling somewhere else with it. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Let's just hope that it is found by only the owner, and that he or she is hip to the herb and no one is the wiser. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Considering that the government of Japan has released this news. The exact weight is known. The packaging would be identifiable. The person in question would at best be inconvenienced at another airport. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 or at least has the sense to sell it! Thats a good amount of money you could get for that much!! I could ski for a few years without having to spend my own money! Link to post Share on other sites
boardbaka 3 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 It was a flight from Honk Kong to Narita - i think they would only test coming back in ........surely ?? Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I think the dog was conspiring with the bad man. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 it sets a precedence for future drug mules caught with drugs coming in to Japan. " Are you sure you guys didn't plant it on me for a test?" Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Originally Posted By: tsondaboy Lucky bastard... The guy who got it is a friend of mine. I've PMed his contact to you. You can get it off him at a good price. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Um, in no one pissed off at the questionable LEGALITY of this? Customs hiding stuff in people's luggage without consent? (edit: sorry Soubs, read your comment after i posted) ILLEGAL. Also consitering that they didn't find it, what happens if the person it happens to goes to his hotel, opens up the suitcase, and finds it? What happens to his trip when the police get involved? Especially in such a drug-secure place live Japan? The flight was bound from Hong Kong, and chances are that it could have been placed in a forigner's suitcase. What if it was you? Turns out IT was placed in a foriegner's suitcase, but had the fortune to avoid a huge crisis when he contacted the authorities. Still, i don't like the idea that customs sometimes freely use innocent people's luggage to perform tests. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 This was a rogue guy that did something and more than likely got fired. Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Did the dog get fired too? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Amazing stuff! (no..not the weed..the story!) It is fortunate that it all worked out OK - it could have been a Schappelle Corby type scenario, even with the info and weight announced, the fellow would have at best been inconvenienced. There are still loads of people in the world who would be turning the package over and over asking each other - is it? or isn't it? What if one of them found it. Sniffer dogs are usually pretty on the ball - not this one obviously ...he needs to go back to snout school...but a friend of mine was stopped at Perth Airport because she had carried an apple in her bag 5 days previously! What if that fellows bag get's stopped by sniffer dogs in another country due to residual scent - another inconvenience at best. Nup - they should load a dummy bag onto the carousel with the drugs if they need to do a test like that. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 If you think about it, the % of people coming into Japan and then watching the news that evening is probably not that high. Especially if you talk about foreigners coming into Japan. Theres a good chance he could never of found it and then flew on somewhere else (like home a few days later), or found it and not known how it got there or what is was. If it was me Id be well happy cos I could sell the story to The Sun for a couple dozen K. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Originally Posted By: me jane Soubs is right, seems funny but could be crazy if that person doesn't check unused side pockets and ends up travelling somewhere else with it. Which is exactly why I have purchased a tamper proof system for my bags. ALL zippers on ALL bags are fitted with them. ALL are sealed, tagged and signed. We seal them and sign the tags on the cable-ties before we allow the bags to go onto the plane, check them before we collect them from the carousel and reseal them before we return. Saves a heap of heartache, and unused side pockets stay sealed (in fact some are still sealed from our trip to Japow in Jan 2007!) I have a contact website for anyone that wants to ask (PM). Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 >If you think about it, the % of people coming into Japan and then watching the news that evening is probably not that high ...the guy who found that bag sure was though He coulda easily made half of the gaijin in Kansai pretty happy Link to post Share on other sites
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