Customs giving away weed

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(CNN) -- A passenger who landed at Tokyo's Narita airport over the weekend has ended up with a surprise souvenir courtesy of customs officials -- a package of cannabis.

A customs official hid the package in a suitcase belonging to a passenger arriving from Hong Kong as part of an exercise for sniffer dogs on Sunday, Reuters.com reported.

However, staff then lost track of the drugs and suitcase during the exercise, a spokeswoman for Tokyo customs said.

Customs regulations specify that a training suitcase be used for such exercises, but the official had used passengers' suitcases for similar purposes in the past, domestic media reported.

Tokyo customs has asked anyone who finds the package to return it.

Customs slip cannabis into passenger's bag - CNN.com


So much for the effectiveness of the war on drugs!:giggle: I don't think I'd hold my breath waiting on someone to return the bag of pot! LOL. But maybe they'll send a "thank you" note.
 
Cant believe they lost the package, jeez.

whoever have the package prolly have the time of his/her life. LOL
 
jillio said:
(CNN) -- A passenger who landed at Tokyo's Narita airport over the weekend has ended up with a surprise souvenir courtesy of customs officials -- a package of cannabis.

A customs official hid the package in a suitcase belonging to a passenger arriving from Hong Kong as part of an exercise for sniffer dogs on Sunday, Reuters.com reported.

However, staff then lost track of the drugs and suitcase during the exercise, a spokeswoman for Tokyo customs said.

Customs regulations specify that a training suitcase be used for such exercises, but the official had used passengers' suitcases for similar purposes in the past, domestic media reported.

Tokyo customs has asked anyone who finds the package to return it.

Customs slip cannabis into passenger's bag - CNN.com


So much for the effectiveness of the war on drugs!:giggle: I don't think I'd hold my breath waiting on someone to return the bag of pot! LOL. But maybe they'll send a "thank you" note.
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Damn! Thought it'd be their job, not to let cannabis in! but they did! Their own screw-up! I am sure the lucky person enjoyed the benefits of free pot!
 
I wonder if the recipient of such contraband was travelling international or domestic.

Did the other side sniff it out?
 
Wokamuka said:
I wonder if the recipient of such contraband was travelling international or domestic.

Did the other side sniff it out?
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Since they were asking for their weed to be returned, it was evidently not sniffed out on the other side. Maybe the dogs had a cold that day.:dunno2:
 
jillio said:
Since they were asking for their weed to be returned, it was evidently not sniffed out on the other side. Maybe the dogs had a cold that day.:dunno2:
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Nah... the lucky sucker, figured "Best smoke the C, and forget the Customs!" Free cannabis, sure... Saved him some big bucks.... or better, he sold it for a profit... So Customs is the loser!:eek3:
 
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gmcman1996 said:
Did you get crazy and twisted, when doing that nice chop job on the old wagon? Looks pretty good... Was that a Chevy?.... and James Dean.. Yeah... speed got him killed for sure... I think 1954 or 1955 I think....
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thanks
I was nuts long before my 39 Chevy :cool2: the chevy panel had a low roof line it's not chopped at all.

yeah speed did jimmy dean in. Hwy 46 in Cholame Ca (east of Paso Robles) on Friday, September 30, 1955. He was driving a silver 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder.
 
Wow, Far out. Who would have thought the customs allowed it to slip? :roll:
 
damn...they beat the system. im surprised in somewhat.

I could have that package to sell and profit thick dead presidents in my pockets.
 
Missing cannabis returned!

"A SHOCKED airline passenger has returned a million yen's worth of cannabis that customs staff planted in his bag in a bungled sniffer dog exercise.
An officer at Narita International Airport 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."

Japan Today reports that the passenger discovered a small metal box containing the cannabis tucked in a side compartment of his suitcase when he got to his hotel.

"The man called police who returned the cannabis to Narita airport", Japan Today said.

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".


Bungling Customs gets missing drugs back | The Courier-Mail
 
Thanks for the update, Ozzie! Makes me wonder if the customs officer was sampling a little of the product!
 
I'm guessing customs got stiffed on procurring effective drug sniffing dogs! LOL :slap:
 
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