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7 NOVA teachers arrested for possessing cannabis, cocaine
It was always my understanding that, despite the risks, drug use was rampant amongst Western foreigners in the big cities of Japan. It certainly was in Tokyo in the nineties when I hung out with the modelling crowd. I'm so far removed from that modelling life that I had no idea now. From this story it seems that it is though.
In fact, I wonder how many NOVA employees this drug scandal covers. Whoever created the NOVA mascot had to be on Cannabis or Cocaine:
Yowch. My guess is that they'll get a hefty fine and be deported rather than imprisoned. Either way I think Nova need 7 new teachers.Seven foreign teachers working at the NOVA English language conversation school have been arrested on suspicion of violating a law on illegal drugs and the Cannabis Control Law, police said Wednesday.
Police accuse the seven of possessing five bags containing a total of about 1.5 grams of powdered cocaine, and eight bags containing a total of about 8.2 grams of cannabis, on a street in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Nov. 19 last year.
Investigators said a 32-year-old American teacher who was arrested on the spot on the same day told police another NOVA teacher had made a request for the drugs. The 32-year-old said the drugs were purchased from a street dealer.
Six other suspects later surfaced, including a 35-year-old teacher from Canada who was working at the same classroom in Saitama Prefecture, police said. (Mainichi)
It was always my understanding that, despite the risks, drug use was rampant amongst Western foreigners in the big cities of Japan. It certainly was in Tokyo in the nineties when I hung out with the modelling crowd. I'm so far removed from that modelling life that I had no idea now. From this story it seems that it is though.
In fact, I wonder how many NOVA employees this drug scandal covers. Whoever created the NOVA mascot had to be on Cannabis or Cocaine:
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