Record 1 ton of stimulants seized on central Japan beach

Police have arrested seven Chinese men on suspicion of possessing around a ton of stimulants seized at a beach in central Japan, investigative sources said Wednesday.The record seizure for a single bust in Japan, occurred in Minamiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, earlier this week. The amount of stimulants, with an estimated street value of around 60 billion yen ($560 million), was slightly less than the 1,138.6 kilograms of stimulants confiscated across Japan last year, according to the National Police Agency.The country's second-largest single stimulant drug seizure was 597 kg, which was found o…READ FULL ARTICLE