It seems that talento Komukai Minako (25) hasn’t shaken off her drug habit. It was reported yesterday that police currently have a warrant out for her arrest and have been seeking her whereabouts since the beginning of the year. She is still serving a suspended sentence for an earlier drug conviction, and is said to possibly be living in the Chinese territory of Macao. The warrant, for receiving “kakuseizai” (stimulant drugs), is the latest development in an ongoing police investigation into a Japanese-Iranian drug ring that was exposed last autumn. Police have arrested about 10 dealers and more than 20 of their customers. One of the arrested dealers gave police Komukai’s name during questioning.
Komukai was arrested in January 2009 and given an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for three years, for possession of kakuseizai. She has since been trying to get her career back on track but her work has been restricted to strip shows and soft porn projects. According to an associate, she started putting on weight after appearing in the S&M movie “Hana to Hebi 3,” released last August. In October she appeared at the Asakusa Rock-za strip club in Tokyo, the same venue that gave her the first break after her arrest, but was considered too overweight to continue.
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Celebrities also fall victim to drug abuse, and would need addiction rehabilitation just like regular people.