Paul McCartney's 1980 Japanese Marijuana Incident

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On this day January 25, 1980, Paul McCartney was released from a Japanese jail and deported from the country. He had been arrested for attempting to smuggle in half a pound of marijuana.

Paul McCartney is released from a Tokyo jail and deported from Japan | January 25, 1980 | HISTORY

Paul McCartney’s arrival at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport on January 16, 1980, marks his first visit to Japan since the Beatles tour of 1966. The occasion was a planned 11-city concert tour by his band Wings. Instead, Paul’s visit was limited to a nine-day stint in the Tokyo Narcotics...
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