US student arrested in Sendai over cannabis edibles mailed from home
Japanese authorities arrested 25-year-old American exchange student Tim Wilson in Sendai in August 2011 after intercepting a mailed package holding seven pieces of cannabis-infused candy. A registered medical marijuana patient in Colorado, he faced up to ten years in prison.
Tim Wilson, a 25-year-old Colorado School of Mines student and registered medical marijuana patient studying as an exchange student at Tohoku University in Sendai, was arrested in August 2011 after Japanese authorities intercepted a package mailed from the United States containing books, CDs and seven pieces of cannabis-infused candy.[1][2]Wilson never received the package; customs officers found the edibles and he was arrested, remaining in jail since August with a first court appearance set for January 2012.[1][2]
He was charged with counts carrying up to ten years in prison, followed by deportation.[1][2]His father said Wilson had never asked his friend to send the edibles, showing reporters an email exchange in which the friend raised the idea himself.[1]
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