40 KG OF STIMULANTS FOUND ON BEACH

KANAZAWA (Kyodo) A fisherman taking a walk on Sunday along the shore in
Ishikawa Prefecture found 40 kg of stimulant drugs, police said Monday.

The amphetamines, found at 10:20 a.m., Sunday on a beach in the town of
Monzen on the Noto Peninsula, were in 40 nylon bags wrapped in a nylon
sheet, the police said.

The police believe the drugs, with a street value of about Y 2.4 billion,
were washed ashore and may have come from a ship or ships engaged in drug
trafficking.

According to the police, the package of the drugs may have been carried up
the beach by a big wave on Wednesday night, when rough waters hit the area,
since it was found about 100 meters from the waterline.