Russian Fisherman Detained in Japan for Illegal Beer Run
A Russian mariner sailing his inflatable boat to Japan’s coast to buy beer was arrested by local police on the way back.
Sergei Vashkevich, the off-duty chief mate of a merchant ship, landed on the eastern tip of Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido Saturday and bought a case of beer for $80 at a highway rest stop, the AFP reported on Monday.
But he was arrested as he headed back with the 24-bottle case on a cape in the city of Nemuro, a local police official said.
Vashkevich, 29, who lives on the far eastern Russian island of Sakhalin, north of Hokkaido, was turned over to public prosecutors yesterday on charges of entry without necessary documents, the police official reported.
It is reported that Vashkevich was fishing for highly prized sea urchins with three Russian divers off Suisho-tou in the Russian administered southern Kuril chain when he ventured off a few kilometers to the cape.
The two nations’ coast guards have often arrested fishermen for allegedly straying too far, but police said the beer-guzzling fisherman’s case was unique.
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[…] Russian Fisherman Detained in Japan for Illegal Beer Run An off-duty chief mate of a merchant ship landed on the eastern tip of Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido and bought $80 worth of beer at a highway rest stop. Of course, police arrested him for “entry without necessary documents” after he bought the beer. […]
[…] Russian Fisherman Detained in Japan for Illegal Beer Run An off-duty chief mate of a merchant ship landed on the eastern tip of Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido and bought $80 worth of beer at a highway rest stop. Of course, police arrested him for “entry without necessary documents” after he bought the beer. […]