Record volume of ecstasy pills seized at Narita airport

Record volume of ecstasy pills seized at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Customs officials at Narita airport seize ecstasy tablets, known as MDMA, on May 16. In the first four months of this year, some 257,000 ecstasy tablets were seized, exceeding the total volume seized in the entire country last year.

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