According to the domestic media quoted by the British "Daily Mail" report, on April 7, local time, the US Department of Justice arrested 1 Japanese transnational organized crime group (Yakuza) gang leader Takeshi Ebisawa and 3 Thais. They allegedly conspired to arrange a large-scale international drug and arms deal, including surface-to-air missiles.
Earlier this week, the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly sent agents to "fish for law enforcement," and the agent lived up to expectations and soon went live up to expectations and soon went online with Ebawa Takeshi and planned to negotiate a deal with him. To pay for the purchase of heavy weapons, Takeshi Ebina plans to ship at least 1 ton of drugs into the United States and sell them on the streets of New York and other cities. It also attempts to transfer the purchased surface-to-air missiles, etc., to ethnic armed groups operating in Myanmar.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "We accuse Uyozawa takeshi and his associates of trading with an undercover Drug Enforcement Agency agent to buy heavy weapons and sell large quantities of illegal drugs. The drugs were destined for New York, and the weapons were destined for countries that were politically unstable. The members of this international criminal group can no longer put their lives at risk and their illegal acts will be tried. ”
Anne Milgram, director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said: "The expansion of transnational criminal networks like the Japanese underworld poses a serious threat to the safety and health of all communities. Takeshi Ebina and his associates attempted to transport hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and heroin to the United States and to carry out criminal activities using lethal weapons. Meanwhile, nearly 300 Americans die every day from drug overdose. The arrests represent a strong determination of the Drug Enforcement Administration and its U.S. and international partners to identify and bring to justice the violent criminals who lead transnational drug trafficking organizations. ”
According to the indictment, Ebawa Takeshi was originally going to transport weapons and equipment such as portable M72 light anti-tank rocket launchers, 10 M60 machine guns and 10 fully automatic rifles to various ethnic armed groups in Myanmar. In the transaction, Huibi ze also posed with a rocket launcher, and this photo was also listed in the complaint. He had offered undercover agents that he wanted to exchange the weapons for 500 kilograms of methamphetamine and 500 kilograms of heroin he had obtained from Burma.
The four defendants were reportedly charged with conspiracy to import drugs, conspiracy to possess firearms (including machine guns, etc.), conspiracy to acquire, transport and possess surface-to-air missiles, and money laundering. All offences are punishable by up to life imprisonment. Three of the four people arrested, including Takeshi Ebinazawa, believed the weapons had been stolen from a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
Takeshi Ebiozawa, who has been under surveillance since 2019 by the Drug Enforcement Agency, which calls him a "big player" in arms and drug trafficking. The report pointed out that the code name of Takeshi Ebinazawa is "bamboo", and "cake" is used to refer to drugs.