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Five Iranians arrested over drug deals in upscale residential districts in Tokyo
    #9157958 - 10/30/08 03:15 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

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Narcotics agents have busted an Iranian drug ring that sold cocaine and other stimulants to about 70 people a day on the streets of upscale residential areas in Tokyo's Minato Ward.

Authorities said the suspects--five Iranian men ranging in age from 23 to 51--made an estimated 20 million yen (about $200,000) a month for total sales of about 200 million yen since November last year.

The narcotics control department of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare made the arrests. The department said the suspects likely chose residential areas to peddle their drugs to avoid surveillance cameras in busier districts.

The arrests were made over suspected possession of about 42 grams of cocaine, 20 grams of another stimulant, and other drugs, with the intent to sell.

The suspects are also believed to be drug users themselves.

Investigators said the group's sales increased sharply through word of mouth, and that they had sold drugs about 20,000 times before their arrests.

The department believes their customers were mostly Japanese, including homemakers and company employees. who did not live in Minato Ward, but showed up there after arrangements were made.

According to officials, the 42-year-old ringleader of the group, who identified himself as Abolfazl Zarbali, entered Japan with a fake passport around 1996. He initially sold drugs in busy areas of Tokyo, such as Shinjuku, Shibuya and Ikebukuro, they said.

However, after surveillance cameras were installed in those bustling areas and police stepped up efforts to crack down on drug dealers, Zarbali switched to quieter residential areas.

Zarbali, who has been indicted, recruited the other four Iranian nationals in Japan as sales agents. Around November last year, he put the four others in charges of three areas in Minato Ward--Azabu, Shirokane and Takanawa--for drug deals. Zarbali set up the appointments between his henchmen and the customers, the investigators said.

The rare arrest of a leader of a drug ring, as well as the seizure of his cellphone, has raised hopes among investigators that they can pinpoint the distribution routes and determine where the suspects got their supply in Japan.

The department also intends to track down customers through numbers left in Zarbali's cellphone and other information.

The first arrest came in May. Zarbali was the last one arrested.


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Re: Five Iranians arrested over drug deals in upscale residential districts in Tokyo [Re: Bridgeburner]
    #9158455 - 10/30/08 09:35 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

I can't believe they would target "customers" found in the phones!  Whats next?, targeting addicts going into and out of rehab:mad2:

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