A 20-year-old Kyoto University law student was arrested on 14 February 2009 after walking into a police station in Osaka’s Minami entertainment district with marijuana in his pocket.[1] Police identified him as Masataka Taniguchi, a sophomore in the Faculty of Law, arrested at the station the previous Saturday.[1] Kyoto University confirmed the arrest six days later, saying a student had been held on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law and warning that drug cases would be dealt with strictly, with grave consequences for a student’s academic career.[2] The arrest came during a wave of cannabis cases at Japanese universities that had put student marijuana use on the front pages.[1]
Kyoto law student arrested carrying cannabis into Osaka police station
Kyoto University law student Masataka Taniguchi, 20, walked into a police station in Osaka's Minami district with marijuana in his pocket and was arrested on 14 February 2009. The university confirmed the arrest and warned of strict consequences for drug cases.
🇯🇵 Osaka · Japan
- Arrested
- 1
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 1
- Agency type
- Police
- Activity
- Possession
- Charge
- violating the Cannabis Control Law
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- Kyodo News / The Japan Times (via 420 Magazine forum mirror)420magazine.comKyoto Univ. law student busted for pot
- Kyoto Universitykyoto-u.ac.jp[To: Kyoto University Students] Regarding student drug abuse
Open questions the AI reported
- No figure for the amount of cannabis Taniguchi was carrying was published.
- No charge or court outcome is recorded in the opened sources.
