41-year-old held on cannabis suspicion in Hiroshima's Nagarekawa
Hiroshima-Chuo police arrested a 41-year-old self-described Nagoya landscaper in Nagarekawa, Hiroshima, on suspicion of cannabis possession. The red-handed arrest was made on 3 November 2026 under the Narcotics Control Law; no quantity or further details were in the accessible text.
🇯🇵 Nagarekawa, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City · Japan
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Hiroshima-Chuo police arrested a 41-year-old man in Nagarekawa, Naka Ward,
Hiroshima City, on suspicion of possessing cannabis.[1] The suspect describes
himself as a resident of Nagoya City and as a landscaper by occupation.[2]
Police recorded both the Nagoya address and the landscaper occupation as
self-claimed rather than as verified personal details.[2]
Officers of the Hiroshima-Chuo station of the Hiroshima Prefectural Police made
the arrest at about 4:55 p.m. on 3 November.[2] The detention was a red-handed
arrest on suspicion of a possession offence under the Narcotics Control Law.[2] The headline identifies the suspected substance as cannabis and the
district as Nagarekawa in Naka Ward.[1] The 41-year-old gave a self-described
home in Nagoya City, a different city from the Hiroshima police jurisdiction.[2] Hiroshima-Chuo is the police station name for the Hiroshima jurisdiction
where the Nagarekawa case was placed.[2] The police action took place on 3
November in Hiroshima City in the late afternoon.[2]
Sources
- 【事件】広島市中区流川で大麻所持疑い 41歳男逮捕. 中国新聞, 3 November 2026. In Japanese.
- 【事件】広島市中区流川で大麻所持疑い 41歳男逮捕. 中国新聞, 3 November 2026. In Japanese.
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight, form, packaging or value of the suspected cannabis was published in the accessible text.
- The remaining 36 characters of the 109-character paywalled article were not accessible, so the exact possession location, circumstances and any statement on admission or denial are unknown.
- The suspect's name was not published in the accessible text.
- The page carries a photo, but its caption and credit are empty and the screenshot shows a generic incident banner, so it is not established to show this arrest and no media entry is listed.
- No second accessible outlet account of the same arrest was found; the Chugoku original is the same paywalled report.
