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Navy Petty Officer Sentenced for Smuggling Magic Truffles

3/24/2026

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Kyle Mudd, Petty Officer 3rd Class, U.S. Navy, was sentenced by a Japanese court to a two-year suspended sentence for attempting to smuggle magic truffles into Okinawa.
Mudd, 27, was convicted of violating Japan's Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act.
The court found he attempted to send 71 grams of truffles containing psilocin and psilocybin from the Netherlands.
The sentence is suspended for four years.

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Story summary

Kyle Mudd, Petty Officer 3rd Class, U.S. Navy, was sentenced by a Japanese court to a two-year suspended sentence for attempting to smuggle magic truffles into Okinawa.
Mudd, 27, was convicted of violating Japan's Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act.
The court found he attempted to send 71 grams of truffles containing psilocin and psilocybin from the Netherlands.
The sentence is suspended for four years.