30 Aug 2011 - Early in the morning of August 29, Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers from the Tanishi station searched the apartment of the popular model Ayumi Takahashi, located in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward, and found the celebrity in possession of 0.9 grams of dried cannabis.

"I’ve been using since one year ago," the 26-year-old told police.

Officers were led to Takahashi following the arrest of her 32-year-old male companion, a gang member who had been taken into custody over a separate incident.