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Drug Smuggling Into Fukuoka Shifts To Mail Services

The Moji Customs disclosed that most of the illegal drugs found last year involved international mail services. The report sites twelve cases of attempted importation of marijuana and other drugs in 2021, four times as much as 2020. Under the immigration restrictions due to the pandemic, drug smuggling in personal baggage aboard passenger airplane passengers has decreased dramatically. Source: NHK

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Published: Feb 22, 2022 / Last Updated: Feb 22, 2022

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