Easily confused
Kyodo via Japan Today: Court acquits Canadian woman indicted over stimulant smuggling
CHIBA — The Chiba District Court on Tuesday acquitted a 24-year-old Canadian woman indicted on a charge of smuggling stimulants into Japan, saying she did not know she was carrying the drugs. The woman was accused of carrying 25 kgs of amphetamines in her suitcase when she arrived at Narita airport from Canada in June last year along with a 33-year-old Canadian man, who was sentenced in February to 13 years in prison. According to the ruling, she had believed she was carrying a cargo of saffron because the Canadian man told her he would export saffron to Japan by hiding it in coffee bags to avoid paying customs duty. "There is reasonable evidence that she believed saffron was hidden in her suitcase," the court said.
