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On 16 January 1980, Wings went to Tokyo for 11 concerts in Japan.Whilst McCartney went through customs, officials found 7.7 ounces (218.3 g) of cannabis in his luggage.He was arrested and taken to a Tokyo prison whilst the Japanese government decided what to do. McCartney had been previously denied a visa to Japan (in 1975) because he had been convicted twice in Europe for possession of cannabis.Public figures called McCartney to be tried by a jury for drug-smuggling. Had he been tried and convicted, he would have faced up to seven years in prison. The members of Wings cancelled the tour and left Japan. After ten days in jail, McCartney was released and deported. He was told that he would not be welcome in Japan again, although a decade later he played a concert in Tokyo.

In 1984, Paul and Linda McCartney were both busted in Barbados for possession of marijuana.