Japan court sentences Aussie golfer for drugs
TOKYO - A Japanese court has handed down a suspended sentence to Australian professional golfer Wayne Perske for possessing and using cocaine. Masaaki Ono, an official at the Chiba District Court, said the 36-year-old golfer received one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years.Perske was arrested in October after snorting cocaine at a bar in Chiba, east of Tokyo, and carrying some 1.25 grams of cocaine in his pocket. A customer at the bar alerted police, leading officers to search and arrest him.
Japan has strict drug laws. Possession of banned drugs can carry a penalty of up to seven years imprisonment.
The Queensland native joined the PGA of Australia in 2000 but has played mostly in Japan over the past decade.
AP
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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