Dance instructor, 25, arrested over 0.2 g cannabis in Nagasaki traffic stop
Nagasaki police arrested a 25-year-old dance instructor from Omura City on 27 October 2026 after officers found 0.2 grams of dried cannabis in his bag during a traffic stop on a Nagasaki street. He admitted possessing it for his own smoking, and police are investigating where he got it.
Nagasaki police arrested the 25-year-old dance instructor at about 8:45 a.m. on
27 October 2026 on suspicion of violating the Narcotics and Psychotropics
Control Law by possessing dried cannabis.[1][2][3]He was 25 years old and worked as
a dance instructor, living in Kiba 1-chome in Omura City.[1][4]Police say he
possessed 0.2 grams of dried cannabis on 18 October 2026 inside a car stopped on
a street in Nagasaki City.[1][2]
Officers noticed the car drifting to the inside of a curve, stopped it to give
traffic guidance and questioned the occupants, then found the dried cannabis in
the bag of the man sitting in the passenger seat.[1]Two acquaintances of the
man were also in the car.[1]
The man admitted the allegation, telling police he had the cannabis to smoke it
himself.[1][2]Police said they would investigate how he obtained the dried
cannabis.[1]The arrest was reported on 6 November 2026, more than a week
after it took place.[5]
The car was on a city road in Oura-machi, Nagasaki City, and an officer on patrol stopped it for traffic guidance, finding the dried cannabis in its trunk.[2][6][7]
The car was parked on a city road in Oura-machi, Nagasaki City, and traffic guidance brought it to a stop at about 7:45 p.m. on 18 October.[2][7]The man admitted the allegation, telling police he had the cannabis to smoke himself, and the police station was looking into whether he used it and where he obtained it.[2][7]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The sources do not say whether the man was charged or released; police were still investigating the supply route.
No street value was published for the 0.2 grams of dried cannabis.
Only one source family (NBC Nagasaki Broadcasting, republished on TBS NEWS DIG and dmenu) was found for this event.
The precise street in Nagasaki City where the car was stopped is not named.
The Nagasaki Shimbun account says an officer on patrol gave traffic guidance and found the cannabis in the trunk, while NBC Nagasaki Broadcasting reported that officers noticed the car drifting to the inside of a curve and found the dried cannabis in the bag of the man in the passenger seat; the reports may describe different points in the stop.
The Nagasaki Shimbun and NBC accounts do not say whether the man was charged or released.
The submitted au Web portal capture held only the teaser of the Nagasaki Shimbun story, so its full text could not be quoted; the outlet's own page at news.jp was opened separately.
A time for the traffic stop, about 7:45 p.m. on 18 October, appears in the full Nagasaki Shimbun article but could not be quoted from the submitted capture.
The submitted 47NEWS page carried only the opening of the Nagasaki Shimbun article, so the full wording, including the 0.2 grams and the trunk, was quoted from the dmenu copy of the same article.
The article of 7 November 2026 gives no office or court outcome: it does not say whether the man was charged, indicted or released.
The sources still do not name the exact street in Oura-machi where the car was stopped.
The Nagasaki Shimbun account places the dried cannabis in the trunk, while NBC Nagasaki Broadcasting reported finding it in the bag of the man in the passenger seat; the reports may describe different points in the stop.
The Nagasaki Shimbun places the dried cannabis in the car's trunk, while NBC Nagasaki Broadcasting reported finding it in the bag of the man in the passenger seat.
The submitted Oricon capture holds only the headline and opening teaser with a link to read the rest on an external site, so the full Nagasaki Shimbun wording, including any weight or trunk detail, could not be quoted from this capture.
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