Drug Smugglers Used Curry: Couldn’t Fool X-Ray Machine
Sherif Narin, a 41-year-old Turkish resident of Tokyo, has been arrested after authorities discovered that he was having illegal drugs shipped to his motorbike shop:
The drugs, hidden in the double-bottomed box, were detected during X-ray examinations conducted by customs, the police said, adding that curry had been spread on the bags containing the drugs in an attempt to deceive sniffer dogs.
The police suspect the man, whose business has been struggling, may have been asked by an Israeli acquaintance who has left Japan to receive the drugs for a reward of 750,000 yen.
According to the Yomiuri, Narin told police that he thought that the box would contain marijuana. It actually contained 2 kilograms of methamphetamines, which have a street value of about 165 million yen ($2.1 million).
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