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Nicholas John ‘Nick’ Baker is a British citizen who was convicted of smuggling cocaine and ecstasy into Japan. He was arrested at Narita Airport on April 13 2002 and found guilty by the Chiba Prefecture District Court in June 2003. He was sentenced to 14 years’ jail with forced labour and fined ¥5000000. At his trial Baker claimed that he was tricked by his travelling companion James Prunier into carrying the drugs through customs in a false-bottomed suitcase.