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Here, have some free pot
Topic Started: May 26 2008, 09:52 AM (303 Views)
sarah_blueparrot
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle4008105.ece

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Tokyo customs officer 'gives away' cannabis

Philippe Naughton

An unsuspecting passenger who flew through Tokyo's Narita airport left with $10,000 worth of free cannabis thanks to a forgetful customs officer and a sniffer dog with an unreliable nose.

The officer stuffed 142g (five ounces) of the drug into the side pocket of a randomly selected black suitcase coming off an overseas flight into Narita yesterday so that the dog could get some practice at detecting drugs.

"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 spokeswoman quoted the unnamed 38-year-old officer as saying: "I knew that using passengers’ bags 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, Manpei Tanaka, who said: "This case was extremely regrettable. I would like to deeply apologise."

The cannabis, which has a street value of one million yen ($9,680), 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.


Oh, the incompetence... He should join New Labour! :doh:
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jon-nyc
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That's hilarious.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Piano*Dad
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I hope some efficient customs official never decides to try that trick with a sample of Semtex. :whome:
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LWpianistin
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HOLY CARP!!!
:o

I want some!
And how are you today?
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Riley
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HOLY CARP!!!
$68.17/gram?? :o
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sarah_blueparrot
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Hmm, I thought it was a little steep too...
Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow.

- Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
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Phlebas
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Makes the $15.00 carry-on charge a little easier to take.
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The war on drugs rocks on in the Land of the Rising Sun. I bet Paul McCartney is having a rueful little laugh over this one.
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pianojerome
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HOLY CARP!!!
So what happens when the unsuspecting passenger gets caught with all that pot in his suitcase?

"Officer, it's not mine!"

"Tell it to the judge..."
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:lol2: Maybe the dog was too stoned...

"Dammit, Kane!! NOT the Doritos!! The POT!! The POT!!!!" :lol2:
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