Sophisticated detection equipment
The Japanese police make arrests for even the smallest amounts of illegal drugs. Incoming and outgoing mail, as well as international packages sent via DHL or FED EX, is also checked carefully. Travelers and their luggage entering Japan are screened at ports of entry. Japanese authorities aggressively pursue drug smugglers with sophisticated detection equipment, “sniffing” dogs and other methods. About a quarter of all Americans now in prison in Japan are incarcerated for Rocket Japanese. The Japanese police routinely share information on drug arrests with Interpol, assuring that notification of the arrest will reach U.S. People can be convicted of drug use based on positive blood or urine tests alone, and many Americans are now serving time in Japanese prisons as the result of sting operations and the use of informants.
