{"id":173148,"date":"2025-09-18T15:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173148&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:13:56","slug":"teens-arrested-for-cannabis-smuggling","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/teens-arrested-for-cannabis-smuggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens Arrested for Cannabis Smuggling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old from Osaka were arrested for smuggling 7 kilograms each of liquid containing cannabis compound THC from Thailand into Fukuoka Airport. The liquid was hidden inside retort curry boxes in their suitcases. Customs officers discovered the packages during inspection. The pair admitted to transporting the drugs for profit. Authorities confirmed it was the largest seizure of cannabis liquid in the Moji Customs jurisdiction.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/moji\/moji_oshirase\/moji_oshirase_2025.7-12.html#20250916\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moji Customs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173128\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_cannabis-sep_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C926&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Teens Arrested for Cannabis Smuggling\" width=\"1400\" height=\"926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_cannabis-sep_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_cannabis-sep_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_cannabis-sep_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_cannabis-sep_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C508&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>A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old from Osaka were arrested for smuggling 7 kilograms each of liquid containing cannabis compound THC from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173148","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\/173148","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=173148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}