{"id":160118,"date":"2026-02-23T08:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=160118"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:48:57","slug":"xgs-producer-has-been-arrested-on-drug-possession-charges-at-a-japan-tour-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/xgs-producer-has-been-arrested-on-drug-possession-charges-at-a-japan-tour-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"XG\u2019s producer has been arrested on drug possession charges at a Japan tour stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>XG<\/strong> has been gaining momentum since the release of their album, <em>\u201cTHE CORE.\u201d<\/em> Despite being on a world tour right now, the controversy has tainted the Japan stop, as their <strong>producer<\/strong> has been arrested on drug possession charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simon, the 39-year-old producer behind XG\u2019s hits and a former member of boy group Dalmatian, is currently facing charges of drug possession<\/strong> before the Japanese authorities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine-.jpg\" alt=\"Police found in Simon&#039;s room cocaine and marijuana \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine--330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine--420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine--615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/XGs-producer-Simon-arrested-for-using-cocaine--860x573.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Simon, along with three other suspects, at a hotel in Nagoya on February 23 for <strong>alleged violations<\/strong> of Japan\u2019s Narcotics Control Act.<\/p>\n<p>Police reports they received a tip that the group had used drugs, including cocaine, while staying at the hotel. In addition, it was reported that they found seized cocaine and marijuana at the scene. Simon was<strong> taken into custody<\/strong> in the early hours of the morning, and there\u2019s still no information about what\u2019s going to happen with this ongoing case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XG has been gaining momentum since the release of their album, \u201cTHE CORE.\u201d Despite being on a world tour right now, the controversy has tainted the Japan stop, as their producer has been arrested on drug possession charges. Simon, the 39-year-old producer behind XG\u2019s hits and a former member of boy group Dalmatian, is currently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":160119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,300],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-160118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-tour"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}