I didn't pack this!
Well, this was an interesting story... too hilarious not to share.
Nice one, Japan:
Airport bungle gives passenger $10,000 in drugs (from the Sydney Morning Herald)
An unsuspecting passenger who flew to Tokyo is carrying one million yen's worth of cannabis compliments of customs authorities after a bungled exercise involving sniffer dogs.
An officer at Narita International Airport yesterday stuffed 142 grams of the drug into the side pocket of a randomly-selected black suitcase coming off an overseas flight so that the animal could detect it.
"The dog couldn't find it and the officer also forgot which bag he put it in," a customs office spokeswoman said.
"If by some chance passengers find it in their suitcase, we're asking them to return it."
The 38-year-old officer was quoted by the spokeswoman as saying: "I knew that using passengers' bags (for sniffer dog training) is prohibited, but I did it because I wanted to improve the sniffer dog's ability."
He was reprimanded by the head of customs at Narita airport.
"This case was extremely regrettable. I would like to deeply apologise," said the airport's customs chief Manpei Tanaka.
The cannabis, which has a street value of one million yen ($A10,100), was in a metal box wrapped with newspapers.
Japan strictly prohibits both hard and soft drugs, with people imprisoned for possession of even small amounts of cannabis.
It's really weird that they just lost these drugs when the penalties for having them are so stiff here. In the eyes of the law, using pot is essential the same as cocaine and there are seriously consquences if you get caught. There was a foreign girl in my apartment complex about 6 years ago that was sent to jail (ended up with 4 months in solitary confinement) when customs "intercepted" a package that a friend from home had sent her containing marijauna. She didn't even get the thing - or allegedly know anything about the package! - and was imprisoned (and then deported).
Also, why in the world were they using real passengers' bags for sniff tests? I would also like to point out that these are the same people that held me up for over 20 minutes, questions me about drugs when I came back from Cambodia (where I was working for an NGO!). I think they have a few things to learn.
Nice one, Japan:
Airport bungle gives passenger $10,000 in drugs (from the Sydney Morning Herald)
An unsuspecting passenger who flew to Tokyo is carrying one million yen's worth of cannabis compliments of customs authorities after a bungled exercise involving sniffer dogs.
An officer at Narita International Airport yesterday stuffed 142 grams of the drug into the side pocket of a randomly-selected black suitcase coming off an overseas flight so that the animal could detect it.
"The dog couldn't find it and the officer also forgot which bag he put it in," a customs office spokeswoman said.
"If by some chance passengers find it in their suitcase, we're asking them to return it."
The 38-year-old officer was quoted by the spokeswoman as saying: "I knew that using passengers' bags (for sniffer dog training) is prohibited, but I did it because I wanted to improve the sniffer dog's ability."
He was reprimanded by the head of customs at Narita airport.
"This case was extremely regrettable. I would like to deeply apologise," said the airport's customs chief Manpei Tanaka.
The cannabis, which has a street value of one million yen ($A10,100), was in a metal box wrapped with newspapers.
Japan strictly prohibits both hard and soft drugs, with people imprisoned for possession of even small amounts of cannabis.
It's really weird that they just lost these drugs when the penalties for having them are so stiff here. In the eyes of the law, using pot is essential the same as cocaine and there are seriously consquences if you get caught. There was a foreign girl in my apartment complex about 6 years ago that was sent to jail (ended up with 4 months in solitary confinement) when customs "intercepted" a package that a friend from home had sent her containing marijauna. She didn't even get the thing - or allegedly know anything about the package! - and was imprisoned (and then deported).
Also, why in the world were they using real passengers' bags for sniff tests? I would also like to point out that these are the same people that held me up for over 20 minutes, questions me about drugs when I came back from Cambodia (where I was working for an NGO!). I think they have a few things to learn.
posted by Brenda Ann Elizabeth McKinney @ 5:39 PM
2 Comments:
At 4:34 PM,
Clayton said…
thats so random- i hadnt seen your blog but was getting all pissed off about airport security today (i wrote about it in my blog and then read yours- i didnt copy, i promise- although i kind of wish i did read yours to further my point). IN anycase, interesting post.
-clayton
At 11:07 PM,
Can Bass 1 said…
My word, reading this makes me glad I'm not a frequent flyer. But why do you insist on only singing when there's nobody around?
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