Flashback – Paul McCartney busted in Japan
On this day almost 29 years ago, Paul McCartney was arrested at Narita airport after Japanese customs officials discovered 7.7 ounces of marijuana in his luggage. Here’s a classic Japanese news clip about the incident:
He has since admitted it was “the daftest thing I’ve done in my entire life”:
“I was out in New York and I had all this really good grass,” he said. “We were about to fly to Japan and I knew I wouldn’t be able to get anything to smoke over there.
“This stuff was too good to flush down the toilet, so I thought I’d take it with me.”
He said it was “not too wonderful” being held in a Japanese jail, but he kept his spirits up by organising “sing-songs” with his fellow prisoners.
At the time, some called for him to face trial in Japan and do some real prison time. However, the Japanese government decided to go easy on Paul and deported him after ten days.
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