- Japanese authorities say a university student tried to smuggle drugs from Cambodia to Japan.
- Authorities said the student was wearing a billowy monk's robe to hide the drugs.
- Japanese customs released photos of what appeared to be packets taped to the man's thighs and torso.
A female college student accused by Japanese authorities of being a drug smuggler was captured wearing a monk's robe, an unconventional disguise.
Japanese customs said in a statement on Tuesday that it had detained a Taiwanese man who tried to smuggle drugs from Cambodia on January 25.
The 21-year-old college student is accused of attempting to move approximately 13 pounds of methamphetamine across the Japanese border, according to a Thursday report in the Japanese news outlet Yomiuri Shimbun. The drugs are worth about 370 million yen in Japanese yen, or $2.4 million, according to the report.
Photos released by Japanese customs showed what appeared to be plastic bags taped to the man's thighs and torso.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the man told Japanese authorities, “When I entered Japan on January 15, I was wearing a monk-like robe, but no one approached me. So I decided to try again.'' Told.
According to Japanese law, students could face up to seven years in prison for smuggling, and up to five years if convicted of drug possession.
Other people accused of drug smuggling are also getting creative with their disguises.
In 2016, a Colombian woman was detained at Frankfurt airport for trying to smuggle cocaine into Germany while undergoing breast implant surgery. German customs officials said the woman had 2.2 pounds of cocaine in her chest.
