Jeremy O. Harris , the Tony-nominated playwright and tastemaker best known for Slave Play and co-writer of A24’s Zola , has been detained in Japan for nearly three weeks following his arrest on drug-smuggling charges in Okinawa, according to local authorities and multiple international reports.

Harris, 36, was taken into custody on Nov. 16 at Naha Airport after customs officers allegedly found 780 miligrams of a crystal substance containing MDMA in his tote bag, officials said (a recreational dose of pure MDMA, or ecstasy, is typically in the range of 75 to 125 milligrams). Prosecutors in Okinawa have since received a criminal complaint from regional customs officials, moving the case toward formal charges. Authorities have not disclosed whether Harris has entered a plea or secured

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