The Saga District Court on Monday sentenced the last of nine men charged with smuggling 206 kg of gold into Japan in May, wrapping up the nation's largest gold seizure to date.
The court handed a 30-month prison term, suspended for five years, and a ¥1.5 million ($14,000) fine to Chinese national Lin Yashan, 43, for importing gold bars worth an estimated ¥930 million into Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, last year without permission.
The court also ordered the gold confiscated. The sentence was in line with prosecutors' demands.