The parents of a Colorado School of Mines student who has been incarcerated in Japan since August told 9News that their 25-year-old son has received a suspended sentence from a Japanese court and should be back in the United States soon.
In August, authorities arrested Tim Wilson under Japan’s tough anti-marijuana laws. Wilson was attending Tohuku University in Sendai.
A friend admitted to sending Wilson three peanut-butter cookies and four pieces of candy infused with marijuana through the mail. Communications between Wilson’s attorney and Wilson’s parents indicate that the package never made it to Wilson.
Authorities still arrested Wilson on the assumption that the student had requested the items.
It was a claim Wilson’s family and the friend who mailed the items have denied vigorously.
9News
