US arrests Japanese yakuza leader over alleged missiles-f…
US arrests Japanese yakuza leader over alleged missiles-for-heroin plotTakeshi Ebisawa accused of planning to purchase surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and distribute drugs in USProsecutors said Ebisawa agreed to buy the weapons during conversations with an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent.Photograph: Joe Burbank/APUS authorities have arrested a leader of a Japanese crime syndicate on charges of plotting to distribute drugs in the United States and purchase weapons including US-made surface-to-air missiles.Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Takeshi Ebisawa, who they described as a leader in a network of Japanese c…
