{"id":171480,"date":"2025-06-05T09:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T00:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171480&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-06-05T09:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T00:56:15","slug":"british-man-arrested-for-meth-smuggling-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/british-man-arrested-for-meth-smuggling-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"British Man Arrested for Meth Smuggling in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 76-year-old British man has been arrested for allegedly smuggling approximately 1.3 kilograms of methamphetamine into Fukuoka Airport last month. Customs officials became suspicious due to the man&#8217;s minimal luggage and found the drugs hidden in a double-layered bag. The meth is estimated to be worth \u00a573.5 million. The man denies the charges, claiming he received the bag from an acquaintance in South Africa and was unaware of its contents. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15296555&amp;ymd=2025-06-03\">KBC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-171481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_smuggling.png?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_smuggling.png?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_smuggling.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_smuggling.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_smuggling.png?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/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\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">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\/\"><span class=\"s1\">this <b>form<\/b>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 76-year-old British man has been arrested for allegedly smuggling approximately 1.3 kilograms of methamphetamine into Fukuoka Airport last month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":171481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171480","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\/171480","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}