American playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of drug smuggling | National News

TOKYO (AP) — A prominent American playwright and actor, Jeremy O. Harris, known for his Tony-nominated “Slave Play,” has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of smuggling the psychedelic drug known as ecstasy, officials said Saturday.

Harris was arrested at Naha Airport on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa on Nov. 16 for an alleged violation of customs law when officials found 0.78 grams of the crystalized drug, also known as MDMA, in a container of a tote bag he was carrying, according to Okinawa Regional Customs spokesperson Tatsunori Fukuda.

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