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STRIPES (Keishi Koja) - Court upholds sentence of US sailor who had magic truffles mailed to Japan | Stars and Stripes Fri Jul 24 07:17:12 2026

A Japanese appeals court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a U.S. sailor who tried to obtain magic truffles through the Japanese postal system last year.

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STRIPES (Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja, Brian McElhiney, Keishi Koja) - US sailor gets suspended sentence in Japan for attempting to import psychedelic drug | Stars and Stripes Wed Mar 25 02:22:09 2026

A Japanese court handed a U.S. sailor a suspended sentence after convicting him of attempting to smuggle magic truffles through the Japanese mail system.

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