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Second largest batch of drugs in Japan's history seized in Tokyo port

Tokyo, June 7 (UNI) The Japanese authorities have seized the second largest batch of synthetic drugs in the country's history, weighing 700 kilograms (1,543 pounds), in the port of Tokyo, Japanese media reported on Wednesday.
The powder, which later turned out to be synthetic drugs, was found in containers delivered to the Tokyo port on a cargo ship from the United Arab Emirates via China, the NHK broadcaster reported, adding that the drugs had been hidden between the boards.
The weight of the drugs corresponds to 43 billion yen (about
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