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US Government not too happy with him.

An army man who worked as a consultant on the Metal Gear Solid series is in trouble for allegedly smuggling night vision scopes out of the US.

Tomoaki Iishiba was sending the scopes to Japan but forgot to get an export licence, according to the Associated Press. Whoops.

He's expected to plead guilty to conspiring to smuggle goods out of the US at his trial later this month.

Iishiba helped make Metal Gear Solid more authentic back in 1998, and has since gone on to endorse a line of knives.

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Rich72 #1 4 years ago

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forgot his sneaking suit?
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iWolf #2 4 years ago

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Ouch, looks like earning a few grand on the side from Japan's militaria collectors proved too tempting.
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Rich72 #3 4 years ago

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Did someone shout "Tomoaki, Tomoaki.... Tomoohhhhkiiiiii" when he got caught?
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yupyup #4 4 years ago

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phatb0y #5 4 years ago

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When questioned by customs about the suspicious parcel he was carrying, Mr Iishiba was quoted as saying 'Its just a box.'
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andywilkie35 #6 4 years ago

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hahahaha "its just a box", like it!
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neilka #7 4 years ago

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I also endorse knives.

All of them.
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Vice.Destroyer #8 4 years ago

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"Tomo, Tomoaki,
is the crappest spy in His-toe-raaayy
Going to, spend the rest of
his life rotting in Guantanamo Bay"

Sung to the tune of the Flintstones.
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TeeHee #9 4 years ago

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Fission Mailed!
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Dark_Stranger #10 4 years ago

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Once his court case is over he will be doing a whistle stop tour of the UK promoting his new urban/burberry knife range.
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MattyD #11 4 years ago

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The goggles, they do nothing.
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[TR] #12 4 years ago

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"He became a citizen, graduated from Northern Michigan University, and served with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan in 2003. He wrote a book about it titled �A Japanese Lieutenant from the 82nd Airborne.� "

Wow. The man clearly has a gift for words!
First that book title and now "It's just a box".
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patchbox360 #13 4 years ago

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@Rich 72

u stole my lines haha
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Oh-Bollox #14 4 years ago

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Killing.Spree #15 4 years ago

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lol bad luck
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JeroenZM #16 4 years ago

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Night vision scopes?! Colonel...
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Gradius #17 4 years ago

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Should've used a cardboard box

Nah, he should've rolled through customs in an old oil drum, that would've worked for sure.
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Knot #18 4 years ago

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You know that Adidas made boots for the Nazi army !?

.... EG @ tabloid levels... ugh...
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dahsif #19 4 years ago

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Tomoaki: "The nanomachines made me do it"
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RandomTerrain #20 4 years ago

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Night vision goggles have changed...
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Sevens #21 4 years ago

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Hilarious comments.
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