Wadia's heir behind bars for drugs possession while on a skiing holiday to Japan
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Tokyo, April 30: Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s narcotics laws, being applied strict, Ness Wadia, son of Indian industrialist Nusli Wadia and inheritor of one of India's wealthiest business families, has been sentenced for drugs possession while on a skiing holiday to Japan.
Heir to the 283 year old Wadia Group and co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab cricket team, was arrested in early March at the New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
According to the official report, the customs officials at New Chitose were alerted by sniffer dogs and a search revealed that Wadia had about 25 grams of what appeared to be cannabis resin in his trouser pocket.
A court official in Sapporo told that Wadia admitted to possession, arguing that the drug was for his personal use. Wadia spent a period in detention before his indictment on 20 March and an undisclosed period of detention before a court hearing.
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