American playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested in Japan on drug smuggling charges
American actor and playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested in Japan
- American actor and playwright Jeremy O Harris was detained at Naha airport in Okinawa, Japan last month.
- Customs officials allegedly discovered 0.78 grams of a crystal substance containing MDMA in his tote bag on 16 November.
- Harris was arrested under Japan’s Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act, with a criminal complaint subsequently submitted to local prosecutors.
- Police in Tomigusuku city confirmed Harris is still being held, though details regarding his legal counsel or acknowledgement of the accusations remain unknown.
- Japan maintains some of the strictest drug regulations among developed nations, with severe penalties for possession or smuggling of even minor quantities of banned substances.