覚醒剤15キロ…ベルトコンベヤーに隠し密輸の疑い　メキシコの麻薬カルテルが関与か(2024年4月23日)

15 kg of stimulants... suspected of smuggling hidden on the conveyor belt Is it related to the Mexican drug cartel? (2024/04/23)

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メキシコからベルトコンベヤーの輸入を装って覚醒剤約15キロ、9億4500万円相当を密輸したとして暴力団幹部の男らが逮捕されました。　
A gang leader was arrested for smuggling about 15 kilograms of stimulants worth 945 million yen from Mexico under the guise of importing a conveyor belt.
指定暴力団住吉会系幹部・倉持幹男容疑者ら6人は去年、
Last year, six suspects, including Mikio Kuramochi, an executive linked to the organized crime group designated Sumiyoshi-kai,
メキシコからの輸入を装って小型のベルトコンベヤーの中に覚醒剤約15キロ、末端価格で9億4500万円相当を販売目的で密輸した疑いが持たれています。　
smuggled about 15 kg of stimulants, worth 945 million yen, into a small conveyor belt under the guise of importing from Mexico and was suspected of having the purpose of selling stimulants.
警視庁によりますと、成田空港で税関職員が170センチ×130センチの箱の中に入っていたベルトコンベヤーをX線検査したところ、ローラー部分の中に隠された覚醒剤が見つかったということです。　
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, when customs officials at Narita Airport conducted an X-ray examination of a conveyor belt inside a 170cm x 130cm box, they discovered irritants hidden inside the rollers.
ベルトコンベヤーは茨城県内の空き家が送り先になっていました。　
The conveyor belt was delivered to an empty house in Ibaraki Prefecture.
警視庁はメキシコの麻薬カルテルなどの組織が事件に関与していた可能性も視野に捜査しています。
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that organizations such as the Mexican drug cartel are involved in the incident.

メキシコからベルトコンベヤーの輸入を装って覚醒剤約15キロ、9億4500万円相当を密輸したとして暴力団幹部の男らが逮捕されました。　

億

10^8, 100,000,000, hundred million

輸入

Importation, import, introduction; afferent

円

Yen, japanese monetary unit; circle

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

相当

Befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable; considerable, substantial; to be worthy of, to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.), to be equivalent; extremely, considerably

逮捕

Arrest, apprehension, capture

幹部

Management, (executive) staff, leaders, leadership, top brass, upper echelons

男

Man, male; fellow, guy, chap, bloke; male lover, boyfriend, man; manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation

万

Many, all

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..

密輸

Smuggling, contraband trade

覚醒剤

Stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

暴力団

gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums
指定暴力団住吉会系幹部・倉持幹男容疑者ら6人は去年、

者

Person

指定

Designation, specification, assignment, appointment, pointing at

人

Person

幹部

Management, (executive) staff, leaders, leadership, top brass, upper echelons

系

System, lineage, group; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

去年

Last year

容疑

Suspicion, charge

暴力団

gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums
メキシコからの輸入を装って小型のベルトコンベヤーの中に覚醒剤約15キロ、末端価格で9億4500万円相当を販売目的で密輸した疑いが持たれています。　

億

10^8, 100,000,000, hundred million

輸入

Importation, import, introduction; afferent

販売

Sales, selling, marketing

円

Yen, japanese monetary unit; circle

目的

Purpose, goal, aim, objective, intention

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

価格

Price, value, cost

相当

Befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable; considerable, substantial; to be worthy of, to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.), to be equivalent; extremely, considerably

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

万

Many, all

疑い

Doubt, question, uncertainty, skepticism, scepticism, suspicion, distrust

小型

Small size, tiny

密輸

Smuggling, contraband trade

覚醒剤

Stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

末端

End, tip, extremities, terminal
警視庁によりますと、成田空港で税関職員が170センチ×130センチの箱の中に入っていたベルトコンベヤーをX線検査したところ、ローラー部分の中に隠された覚醒剤が見つかったということです。　

線

Line, stripe, stria; line (e.g. telephone line), wire; ray (e.g. x-ray), beam; line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane; outline, contours, form; level; division; line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle; impression one leaves, air one gives off

部分

Portion, section, part

検査

Inspection (e.g. customs, factory), examination, scan (e.g. mri, pet, etc.)

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

税関

Customs, customs house

箱

Box, case, chest, package, pack; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case, shamisen; public building, community building; man who carries a geisha''s shamisen; receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces); counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

センチ

Centimeter; centi-, 10^-2; sentimental

職員

Staff member, personnel

警視庁

Metropolitan police department (esp. tokyo)

ローラー

Roller

覚醒剤

Stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
ベルトコンベヤーは茨城県内の空き家が送り先になっていました。　

県内

Within the prefecture

空き家

Vacant house, unoccupied house

送り先

forwarding address
警視庁はメキシコの麻薬カルテルなどの組織が事件に関与していた可能性も視野に捜査しています。

可能

Potential, possible, practicable, feasible

事件

Event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal

性

Nature (of a person); sex; gender; -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy

組織

Organization, organisation; structure, construction; tissue; system

捜査

Search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry

関与

Participation, taking part in, participating in, being concerned in

麻薬

Narcotic drugs, narcotic, opium, dope

視野

Field of vision, outlook

警視庁

Metropolitan police department (esp. tokyo)

カルテル

cartel