Japanese trade ministry official arrested for attempting to smuggle stimulant

A 28-year-old trade ministry official in Japan has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle a stimulant from the United States, police said Monday.Tetsuya Nishida, deputy director of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's automobile division, received a dummy package -- the original, which contained the illegal substance, had been intercepted and replaced by investigators -- on Saturday at his home in Tokyo.The career-track bureaucrat denied the allegation, saying he was not aware of the content of the parcel, according to the police.In the original package, which arrived in …READ FULL ARTICLE