{"id":164251,"date":"2024-07-04T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=164251&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-07-04T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:31:43","slug":"kitakyushu-employee-arrested-for-attempted-meth-smuggling","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-employee-arrested-for-attempted-meth-smuggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Employee Arrested for Attempted Meth Smuggling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 52-year-old company employee from Kitakyushu City has been arrested for allegedly smuggling over 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine from the United States to Japan via international mail. The drugs, with an estimated street value of \u00a5180 million, were concealed in bath salt packages and discovered during an inspection at a Fukuoka City post office. Authorities are investigating potential links to a larger criminal organization. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20240703\/5010024819.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_meth-smuggling-nhk_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C792&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Employee Arrested for Attempted Meth Smuggling\" width=\"1400\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_meth-smuggling-nhk_2024_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_meth-smuggling-nhk_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_meth-smuggling-nhk_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C579&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_meth-smuggling-nhk_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 52-year-old company employee from Kitakyushu City has been arrested for allegedly smuggling over 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine from the United States to Japan via&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":164247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-164251","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/164251","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\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}