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Japan Intensifies Cannabis Crackdown With Oita Profit Cultivation Bust and Kumamoto Teen Arrest

December’s law reform has led police to expand investigations into cannabis supply routes, including the prefecture’s first profit-driven bust alongside a juvenile possession case.

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Overview

  • A 29-year-old office worker in Oita City was arrested for cultivating nine cannabis plants and possessing about 17 grams of dried cannabis for alleged profit.
  • Oita Prefectural Police say this is the first profit-motivated cultivation arrest in the prefecture since the Cannabis Cultivation Control Law took effect in December 2024.
  • The Oita suspect has admitted to the charges and investigators are tracing his suspected distribution network across the region.
  • In Kumamoto, a 15-year-old middle school student was arrested for possessing roughly one gram of dried cannabis that he acknowledged was for personal use.
  • Kumamoto authorities are probing the juvenile’s procurement channels after earlier questioning of him and his peers raised suspicions of cannabis possession.