DETAILS

Drugs seizures

Media release Ref. No. Customs in charge Seizure date Place Commodity
Quantity		 Mode of Transport Offender (Gender)
71 Nagoya
Customs		 December 13, 2008 Chubu Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
1,483.297g
 Air passenger Great Britain(Male)
70 Moji
Customs		 December 1, 2008 Fukuoka Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
1,214.99g
 Air passenger Spain(Male)
69 Moji
Customs		 November 11, 2008 Moji port Methamphetamine
298.68g
 Crew etc Japan2(Male)/Indonesia12(Male)
68 Tokyo
Customs		 November 15, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
2,996.36g
 Air passenger China(Male)
66 Tokyo
Customs		 December 1, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Cocaine
1,000g
 Air passenger Nigeria(Male)
65 Tokyo
Customs		 July 20, 2008 - Cannabis resin
13,307.2g
 Air cargo Japan(Male)
64 Tokyo
Customs		 October 27, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Cannabis resin
1,996.5g
 Air passenger Great Britain(Male)
63 Tokyo
Customs		 May 29, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Herbal cannabis
15.63g
 Mail Japan2(Male)
62 Tokyo
Customs		 October 22, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
955.21g
 Air passenger Belgium(Male)
61 Tokyo
Customs		 October 25, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
1,975.3g
 Air passenger Great Britain(Male)
60 Moji
Customs		 November 11, 2008 Moji Port Methamphetamine
about 332kg
 crew Indonesia12/Japam2(Male)
59 Osaka
Customs		 October 20, 2008 Kansai Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
250.60g
 Air passenger South Africa(Female)
58 Tokyo
Customs		 October 16, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
1,229.26g
 Air passenger Malaysia(Male)
57 Tokyo
Customs		 August 28, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Herbal cannabis
598.53g
 crew Thailand/Japan(Male)
56 Nagoya
Customs		 October 25, 2008 Chubu Int'l Airport Herbal cannabis
3.96g
 Air passenger Japan(Male)
55 Moji
Customs		 September 23, 2008 Fukuoka Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
163.02g
 Air passenger Korea(Male)
53 Osaka
Customs		 September 20, 2008 Kansai Int'l Airport Herbal cannabis
9,965.59g
 Air passenger South Africa(Male)
52 Tokyo
Customs		 September 22, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Herbal cannabis
107.18g etc.
 Air passenger Japan(Male)
50 Tokyo
Customs		 September 4, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
1,003.85g
 Air passenger Iran2(Male)
49 Osaka
Customs		 August 29, 2008 Kansai Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
590.62g
 Air passenger Netherlands (Male)
48 Hakodate
Customs		 August 31, 2008 Chitose Int'l Airport Herbal cannabis
4.0g
 Air passenger USA(Male)
47 Tokyo Customs August 12, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
658.05g
 Air passenger Canada (Male)
46 Tokyo Customs August 12, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
965.10g
 Air passenger Netherlands (Male)
45 Tokyo Customs August 4, 2008 Inland Methamphetamine
467.1g
 - Taiwan2(Male)/Japan1(Male)etc.
44 Tokyo Customs May 7, 2008 Haneda Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
4.5kg
 Air passenger Japan2(Male)etc.
43 Osaka Customs July 30, 2008 Kansai Int'l Airport Tablets containing MDMA 10,252 pcs etc
 Air passenger France(Female)
42 Yokohama Customs March 2, 2007 Kansai Int'l Airport Cannabis seeds 10,013 pcs
 Air passenger Japam3(Male)
41 Osaka Customs July 13, 2008 Kansai Int'l Airport Tablets containing MDMA 20,606 pcs etc
 Air passenger USA(Male)
39 Kobe Customs February 18, 2008 Niihama Branch Customs Cannabis
9.41 g
 Mail Brazil
37 Tokyo Customs June 13, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
992.07 g
 Air passenger Malaysia(Male)
36 Tokyo Customs June 13, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Methamphetamine
55 g
 Air passenger Nigeria(Male)
31 Tokyo Customs February 26, 2008 etc. - MDMA 3,622 tabs
 Mail Japan4 (Male)
30 Nagoya Customs May 19,2008
May 24,2008
 Chubu Int'l Airport MDMA 1,464tabs
Cocaine 708g
 Air passenger Nigeria2 (Male)
29 Hakodate Customs November 11, 2007 Shin Chitose Int'l Airport Herbal cannabis
14.212 kg
 Air passenger Japan3(Male)
27 Moji Customs April 9, 2008 Fukuoka Overseas Mail Office Cannabis resin
1.415 kg
 Mail Japan (Male)
21 Osaka Customs April 10, 2008 Kansai Int'l Airport Methamphetamine 6.947 kg
 Air passenger Canada (Female)
20 Tokyo Customs April 3, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport etc. -Tablets containing MDMA 87,406 pcs
-Tablets containing MDMA and methamphetamine 2,635 pcs

 Air passenger Israel 3 (Male)
19 Tokyo Customs March 27, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport etc. MDMA 10,068 pcs
 Air passenger Japan (Male)
17 Nagoya Customs February 14, 2008 Chubu Int'l Airport Cannabis seeds
1,031 pcs		 Air passenger Japan 2 (Male & Female)
16 Tokyo Customs April 3, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport etc. Methamphetamine Air passenger Japan (Male)
15 Tokyo Customs December 27, 2007 Tokyo Overseas Mail Office Harbal cannabis 3.443 kg Mail Japan 2 (Male & Female) / Ethiopia 1 (Male)
14 Tokyo Customs March 4, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Cannabis resin
54.4 g
 Air passenger Japan (Male)
13 Kobe Customs March 6, 2008 Takamatsu Port Methamphetamine 1.28 kg Sailor China (Male)
11 Tokyo Customs February 20, 2007 Tokyo Overseas Mail Office Cannabis resin
8.117 g		 Mail Canada (Male)
10 Osaka Customs February 9, 2008 Kansai Int'l Airport Harbal cannabis 12.745 kg
 Air passenger Australia (Male)
9 Tokyo Customs April 29, 2007 Narita Int'l Airport Heroin 1,085 g Air passenger Nigeria (Male)
8 Tokyo Customs January 8, 2008 Tokyo Overseas Mail Office Cannabis 21.5 g Mail Philippines (Male)
7 Kobe Customs January 25, 2008 Kobe Harbal cannabis 11.3491 g Moving parcel Japan (Male)
4 Tokyo Customs January 17, 2008 Inland Methamphetamine 8.8 kg etc. -
 China 3 / Japan 1 (Male)
3 Tokyo Customs December 30, 2007 Narita Int'l Airport MDMA 19,950 pcs
 Air passenger Netherlands (Male)
2 Osaka Customs December 10, 2007 Kansai Int'l Airport Tablets containing MDMA 15,152 pcs
 Air passenger Japan (Male)
1 Tokyo Customs December 6, 2007 Tokyo Overseas Mail Office Herbal cannabis
23.9 g
Cannabis resin
5.45 g		 Mail Japan (Male)


Firearms/weapons seizures

Media release Ref. No. Customs in charge Seizure date Place Commodity
Quantity		 Mode of Transport Offender (Gender)
54 Okinawa Customs August 11, 2008 -
 Gun 1 pcs
 Mail USA (Female)
25 Tokyo Customs May 9, 2008 Niigata Port Bullet 1 pcs
 Sailor Philippines (Male)


Others

Media release Ref. No. Customs in charge Seizure date Place Commodity
Quantity		 Mode of Transport Offender (Gender)
67 Tokyo
Customs		 August 6, 13, 20, 2008 -
 Counterfeight DVDs 486 pcs/CDs 8pcs
 Mail Japan(Male)
52 Tokyo
Customs		 September 22, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Pornographic DVDs and CDs 17 pcs
 Air passenger Japan(Male)
51 Tokyo Customs April 2,2008
 Narita Int'l Airport IPR infringed gold productrs 7,090 pcs
 Air passenger China2(Male)
40 Nagoya Customs December18,2007-February1,2008
 Chubu Overseas Mail Office Counterfeit Viagra 2,280 pcs etc.
 Mail Japan2(Male)
38 Tokyo Customs April30-May29,2008
May15-26, 2008		 - Counterfeit watch etc.
549 pcs
334 pcs		 Mail Japan2(Male)
35 Nagoya Customs April 4, 2005 - Negative plate for counterfeit credit card
239 pcs		 Mail Japan(Male)
34 Tokyo Customs February 22-24, 2005 Narita Int'l Airport Counterfeit bags etc.
807 pcs		 Air Freight Company1
33 Tokyo Customs October 30, 2007 Niigata Branch Customs Stolen car
1 pcs		 Sea Freight Japan(Male)
32 Nagoya Customs June 5, 2008 Toyohashi Branch Customs Negative plate for counterfeit credit card
5,009 pcs		 Sailor China 2(Male)
28 Nagoya Customs January 31, 2008
February 8, 2008		 -
 Counterfeit wallet
34 pcs		 Air Freight China 2
26 Hakodate Customs April 2, 2008 Tomakomai Branch Customs Frozen beef
Approx. 3,000 kg		 Sea Freight Company 2 / Japan 3 / China 1 (Male)
24 Tokyo Customs February 28, 2007
March 1, 2007		 -
 Radiated tortoise
9 pcs		 -
 Japan 3 (Male)
23 Yokohama Customs September 18, 2008 Kashima Branch Customs Counterfeit wallets etc.
Approx. 34,000 pcs
 Sea Freight Japan 3 (Male)
22 Tokyo Customs April 19, 24 and 27, 2007 -Harumi Sub-Branch Customs
-Tokyo Overseas Mail Office
 -Counterfeit watch 166 pcs
-Counterfeit watch parts 154 pcs		 Mail Japan (Male)
18 Tokyo Customs March 26, 2008 Narita Int'l Airport Forged bill (old ten-thousand-yen)
294 pcs		 Air passenger Korea (Male)
12 Tokyo Customs Sep 18, 2007 - Nov 13, 2007 (3 times) -
 Pygmy slow loris
9 pcs
 Air passenger Japan 2 (Male)
6 Tokyo Customs April 11, 16 and 17, 2007 Sendai, Yokohama Sea urchin 478 kg
 Air Freight Company 1 / Japan 1 / Korea 1 / China 1 (Male)
5 Nagoya Customs August 8, 2007 Honmoku, Yokohama Excavator 1 no Sea Freight Company 1 / Sri Lanka 1(Male)