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Two Arrested on Suspicion of Smuggling Gold Bullion From South Korea, Bringing in One Ton Worth 10.8 Billion Yen (Kyodo News)

By the 21st, the Metropolitan Police Department's Life and Economic Affairs Division and Tokyo Customs had arrested two men, including a man named Hitoshi Tateno (53), of Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture, on suspicion of violating the Customs Act, for allegedly smuggling a total of 4 kilograms of gold bars from South Korea in August last year. The division and others said the two men had smuggled about 200 times between 2023 and 2024.
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By the 21st, the Metropolitan Police Department's Life and Economic Affairs Division and Tokyo Customs had arrested two men, including a man named Hitoshi Tateno (53), of Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture, on suspicion of violating the Customs Act, for allegedly smuggling a total of 4 kilograms of gold bars from South Korea in August last year. The division and others said the two men had smuggled about 200 times between 2023 and 2024.

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Friday, November 21, 2025.
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