Briton deported after being acquitted of marijuana smuggling

Briton deported after being acquitted of marijuana smuggling

NARITA, Japan - A 54-year-old British national (C) is deported from Japan on June 13, nearly a month and a half after he was cleared of charges of smuggling marijuana from South Africa to Japan in August 2007. The man, who was detained for nearly 10 months after his arrest, left Narita International Airport, outside Tokyo, for South Africa where he was residing.

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