64 Arrested in Japanese Street Drifting Sting Last Night

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Drifting reached the national news in Japan over the weekend after a huge sting was put down on street drifting. The meet was at Oi wharf over in Tokyo’s Ota ward and the police came down hard last night. Over 130 cars were busted and 64 people were arrested according to the reports we have had translated for us. The story is circling around Japan’s mainstream media today!
Source/Translation: Justin Kaehler / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGSu9qvLOiI


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Are people getting killed though?
I mean they crack down hard here in the states because of people getting killed.
 
lol i love how they start showing the specs of a drift car.
Japan rules. But this does not! shame on you Japan.
 
Damn that really sucks but its no suprise they've been running from police in japan its nothing new
 
Video says they were arrested for making black marks on the white street paint. The cops have ordered them to only use white tires from now on and everything is ok.....

..... oh and 64 arrested, but 130 cars busted??? So was this like some automated car drift meet? A bunch of KITT's ??? Or did the 66 other owners just run off into the woods??
 
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shit..... i thought "if u did better than 118kph they dont even try" :laugh:

Street drifting not racing. Damn silverbacks. And samething as drifting here there going to keep on doing it.
 
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street drifting and street racing is the same thing

they dont give u a ticket for "street drifting" if you do it in japan lol.
 
..... oh and 64 arrested, but 130 cars busted??? So was this like some automated car drift meet? A bunch of KITT's ??? Or did the 66 other owners just run off into the woods??

i was thinking the same thing, its like where the hell did they go?
 
i wanna see 130 cars all being pulled over...... hahaha

better yet lets ask dangle how much paper work that would be
 
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I was there! Its a amazing place where they meet up and drift. When the cops came we just left, it was a game of cat and mouse. We go to a new spot about a hour later the cops would come. We did this for at least 6 hours. Im sad to see this happen I wonder what they would do to a american watching. I have video of the street drifting and the cops. Just no time to edit it all. One of the cars blew a intercooler pipe and we stoped and helped outm, the cop pulled right next to us. He didnt get out just let us finish with the car then we left. By the way this wasnt in the mountains. Some guys we talked to only drift in the mountains while others only drift the streets. Its a crazy scene they have there most of the guys do it as a way of life. All their money goes to their car no matter what. They dont care about goin to events or getting a trophy its all about drifting. The street is where it is at in Japan to be known on the streets. Thats what I got from the guys I talked to there. Hopefully one day I will get the video done and post it up.
 
i thought about it 2, most likely 60 of those 130 something drivers had maybe suspended licenses? so they were arrested while the rest were just citied?
 
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