Ness Wadia, heir to the 283-year-old Wadia Group and co-owner of Kings
XI Punjab cricket team, has been sentenced to a two-year jail term in
Japan over possession of drugs while on a skiing holiday, the Financial
Times reported on Monday. The business tycoon was arrested in early
March at New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido
after the customs officials found 25g of cannabis resin in his trouser
pockets, the report said.
Wadia had allegedly admitted to the
possession of drugs, saying it was for his personal use. He spent a
period in detention before his indictment on March 20 and an undisclosed
period of detention before a court hearing. The Sapporo District Court
handed him a two-year prison sentence, which was suspended for five
years, the Financial Times report added.
Ness Nusli Wadia is an
Indian businessman. Part of the Wadia family, where his parents and
several family members are all involved in business-he is also the great
grandson of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah-thus making
him a direct descendant of Jinnah.
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