Youth Support Group Official Arrested for Cocaine Possession

Youth support group official arrested for cocaine possession

A senior official of a group that helps youth in Tokyo's red-light district was arrested along with a woman in her 20s who is believed to have sought help from the nonprofit.

In a case in which a man who serves as secretary-general and representative director of the public interest incorporated association "Japan Refuge" (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), which provides consultation to young people who gather in areas such as "Toyoko (next to the Toho Building)" in Kabukicho, Tokyo, was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for possession of cocaine, the representative of the same organization along with the man …