Man held after record ecstasy pill haul at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - A customs official at Narita airport shows ecstasy pills to the media Oct. 26. Police and customs officials said they have arrested a man at Narita airport on suspicion of trying to smuggle some 53,200 ecstasy pills, the largest amount of the stimulant drug ever brought into Japan by one person.

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