{"id":158267,"date":"2023-11-17T11:39:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T02:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=158267&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-11-17T11:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T02:43:36","slug":"fukuoka-prosecution-appeals-acquittal-in-stimulant-smuggling-case","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-prosecution-appeals-acquittal-in-stimulant-smuggling-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Prosecution Appeals Acquittal in Stimulant Smuggling Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fukuoka District Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has appealed the acquittal of a 72-year-old Indian man charged with smuggling about 2 kilograms of stimulants from South Korea into Fukuoka Airport. The Fukuoka District Court had expressed doubts that the man was aware of the illegal contents in his suitcase, leading to his acquittal. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/indian-national-acquitted-in-high-profile-fukuoka-drug-case\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original report is here.<\/span><\/a><b>\u3000Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20231116\/5010022476.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Prosecution Appeals Acquittal in Stimulant Smuggling Case\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka District Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has appealed the acquittal of a 72-year-old Indian man charged with smuggling about 2 kilograms of stimulants from South Korea into Fukuoka Airport&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-158267","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/158267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}