{"id":172565,"date":"2025-08-06T16:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172565&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:24:55","slug":"major-drug-bust-in-fukuoka-and-osaka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/major-drug-bust-in-fukuoka-and-osaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Drug Bust In Fukuoka And Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three individuals, including 27-year-old Takashi Sasaki, have been arrested for possessing and cultivating marijuana and cocaine in apartments in Fukuoka and Osaka since November last year. Police confiscated approximately \u00a546.7 million worth of dried marijuana and 150 cannabis plants. The suspects are believed to be involved in drug trafficking. The case came to light following a separate theft investigation linked to illegally obtained bank cards. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250805\/5010029266.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\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_dired-cannabis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Major Drug Bust In Fukuoka And Osaka\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_dired-cannabis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_dired-cannabis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_dired-cannabis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_dired-cannabis-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by Elsa Olofsson on Unsplash<\/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>Three individuals, including 27-year-old Takashi Sasaki, have been arrested for possessing and cultivating marijuana and cocaine in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172565","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\/172565","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=172565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}