U.S. servicewoman's husband held for marijuana smuggling

Apr 14 01:47 AM US/Eastern

NAHA, Japan, April 14 (AP) - (Kyodo) — Police arrested a U.S. servicewoman's husband in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday on suspicion of smuggling marijuana from the United States to Japan using the U.S. military mail system, police said.

Donyae Tyson, 31, is suspected of smuggling 11.8 grams of dried marijuana on an airplane carrying military mail that arrived at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on April 7, they said.

The suspect told the Okinawa police that he intended to use the drugs for his own use, they said.