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- A Japanese court has convicted an Australian man for smuggling drugs into the country
- The man was tricked into carrying the drugs by a criminal organization
- The Australian man was caught at an airport with a suitcase containing drugs
- The man claimed he was unaware of the drugs in his possession
- The court sentenced the man to a prison term for his role in the smuggling operation Tone: Serious and informative
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Japanese Court Convicts Australian Who Says She Was Tricked Into Smuggling Drugs
A Japanese court on sentenced an Australian woman who says she was tricked amphetamines into the country to six years in prison, despite accepting her testimony that she was the victim of an online romance scam
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