Pubdate: Tue, 15 Feb 2000
Source: Japan Times (Japan)
Copyright: 2000 The Japan Times
Contact:  Central P.O. Box 144, 352, Tokyo 100-8691
Website: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

40 KG OF STIMULANTS FOUND ON BEACH

KANAZAWA (Kyodo) A fisherman taking a walk on Sunday along the shore in
Ishikawa Prefecture found 40 kg of stimulant drugs, police said Monday.

The amphetamines, found at 10:20 a.m., Sunday on a beach in the town of
Monzen on the Noto Peninsula, were in 40 nylon bags wrapped in a nylon
sheet, the police said.

The police believe the drugs, with a street value of about Y 2.4 billion,
were washed ashore and may have come from a ship or ships engaged in drug
trafficking.

According to the police, the package of the drugs may have been carried up
the beach by a big wave on Wednesday night, when rough waters hit the area,
since it was found about 100 meters from the waterline.
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