TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested the former chairman and founder of real estate investment company Raysum Co., Ltd. and a female companion over the alleged possession of illegal drugs in a hotel in Chiyoda Ward last year, reports NHK (May 12).
On June 24, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, 60, is suspected of possessing approximately 0.859 grams of cocaine and approximately 0.208 grams of kakuseizai (methamphetamine) together with 32-year-old Miho Okumoto in a room of the hotel in Otemachi.
On Monday, police accused Tanaka and Okumoto of violating the Narcotics Control Act and the Stimulants Control Act. Police did not reveal whether the suspects admit to the allegations.
On the day of the incident, police officers were called to the hotel after Tanaka and Okumoto got into a dispute. When officers searched the room, they found three bags of cocaine and stimulants near the bed.
Afterward, Tanaka was hospitalized at an unspecified location in the Kanto region.
Police are currently investigating the circumstances that led to the incident and where the suspects obtained the illegal drugs.
Another incident
Tanaka founded Raysum in 1992. He served as chairman until 2021.
Last year, there were reports of trouble surrounding the former chairman with a female university student over drugs and sexual assault.
In August, the student filed a complaint alleging that she had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of sexual coercion by Tanaka. Police then began investigating the matter on suspicion of non-consensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.
