JayWalk Vocalist in Drug Arrest
Rock vocalist Nakamura Kouichi (59, photo center) is the latest celebrity to be arrested for drug possession. According to the Azabu branch of the Tokyo Metropolitan police, Nakamura was found in possession of a very small amount of "kakuseizai" or stimulant drugs in a parked car in Nishi Azabu in the early hours of Tuesday morning. It's not the first time for the Jaywalk frontman, who has admitted to the charges, to get into trouble with the police. In 2007 he had a case sent to the public prosecutor's office for having an...
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March 10, 2010
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