Airman’s wife is arrested, accused of drug smuggling

Airman’s wife is arrested, accused of drug smuggling
By Jennifer H. Svan and Hana Kusumoto, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, May 10, 2008

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — Japanese police on Wednesday arrested the wife of a Misawa airman on suspicion of smuggling and possessing less than half a gram of an illegal drug, according to an Aomori prefecture police spokesman.

The spokesman, who provided information on the condition of anonymity, said the woman was Kathryn Anne Ancheta Hairston, 28, a Philippine national.

Hairston allegedly had 0.498 grams of drugs sent to her from an acquaintance in the Philippines on Feb. 27 via international mail, the spokesman said. It entered Japan around March 1, where it was intercepted at Hakodate Customs in Hokkaido, according to a Misawa police spokesman.

Officials would not name the drug, citing the ongoing investigation. They referred to it only as a “stimulant.”

Hairston also is suspected of using drugs at her house on Misawa Air Base around March 11 and possessing 0.086 grams “of stimulants” on March 12, the Aomori prefecture police spokesman said.


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uhc comment: The illegal drug was weed.

there. My ex ended up in their jail for weed. I had to take him his meals. He was there for a couple of weeks before they let him go to face the Air Force punishment. I was interrogated for 8 hours...
Ah, memories.