THAT DRUGS BUST IN JAPAN
Paul McCartney’s arrival at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport on January 16, 1980, marked his first visit to Japan since The Beatles’ tour of 1966. He was there for a planned 11-city concert tour by Wings; instead, he spent nine days in the Tokyo Narcotics Detention Centre after customs officials found roughly eight ounces (200g) of cannabis in his luggage. He would later insist to Japanese authorities that it was intended solely for his personal use, but the quantity was large enough to warrant a smuggling charge and a possible seven-year prison sentence.
