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A Japanese court sentenced a U.S. airman to three years in prison at hard labor and a $5,965 fine for attempting to smuggle cannabis into the country by mail.

A Japanese court on Monday sentenced an Okinawa-based Marine to a three-year suspended sentence for attempting to smuggle drugs into the country by mail.

A Japanese court sentenced two U.S. Marines to three-year suspended sentences Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to importing cannabis by mail and selling it to fellow service members.

A U.S. Marine received a 2 ½-year suspended sentence in a Japanese court after pleading guilty to attempting to smuggle cannabis liquid into the country last summer.

Cpl. Nicholas Garner received a two-year prison sentence with hard labor and a $4,344 fine in Japan’s Naha District Court, a court spokeswoman told Stars and Stripes.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — An Okinawa-based Marine was sentenced to two years in a Japanese prison Friday for attempting to smuggle cannabis products into the count

Even though these Marines allegedly smuggled relatively small amounts of weed into the country, they are being charged with importing cannabis with intent to sell.

Three Okinawa-based Marines were indicted last month in Japanese courts for allegedly attempting to smuggle cannabis into the country through the mail.