The American playwright and Emily in Paris actor Jeremy O Harris has been launched three weeks after his arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling whereas prosecutors examine, police mentioned Wednesday.
Japan has a number of the world’s strictest drug legal guidelines, and possession of unlawful narcotics can lead to jail time. Prosecutors even have a really excessive conviction price.
Recognized for his Tony-nominated Slave Play, Harris was detained at Naha airport on 16 November when customs officers allegedly discovered 0.78 grams (0.028 ounces) of a substance containing the stimulant MDMA within the 36-year-old’s carry-on tote bag.
“He was launched on December 8 whereas we despatched the case to the Naha District Public Prosecutors Workplace,” the Okinawa police official Tetsuya Shimoji mentioned.
A spokesperson for the Tomishiro police station in Okinawa’s Tomigusuku Metropolis declined to say whether or not Harris had been charged when contacted by the New York Occasions on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the prosecutors workplace additionally declined to remark to AFP on the case.
It was unclear whether or not Harris was allowed to depart Japan whereas the probe continues. A consultant for Harris advised the New York Occasions that he had been launched with out costs, and that he would keep in Japan to jot down and analysis for an upcoming undertaking.
Harris arrived within the southern Okinawa area on a flight from Taiwan, the place he had a layover after flying from Britain, based on native broadcaster RBC.
He got here to Japan for tourism, the broadcaster mentioned.
Slave Play earned a record-breaking 12 Tony nominations in 2018, however didn’t win any awards.
Harris additionally serves as a co-producer of HBO’s standard collection Euphoria.
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