US Marine arrested on suspicion of violating road traffic laws in Okinawa City

 According to NHK's police announcement, the suspect arrested is Benjamin Flutter (22), a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps attached to Futenma Air Base. According to police, around 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, April 4, Japan time, Flutter was arrested in Chuo 1-chome, Okinawa City, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol under the Road Traffic Act. I am. A police officer on patrol found a suspicious car that was driving erratically and stopped it. When he smelled alcohol from the corporal who was driving, a police officer tested it and found that it was more than twice the legal limit, and he stopped the car at the scene. That means he was arrested. Additionally, the corporal denied the charges, saying he had not been drinking, and police are currently investigating the details of what happened.