Japanese police have obtained a warrant for the arrest of missing actress Noriko Sakai on suspicion of violation of the stimulant drugs control act, local media reported Friday.

The arrest warrant came following the detention of her husband Yuichi Takaso over drug possession earlier this week.

Sakai, 38, who made her debut in 1986 in a TV drama, was popular in Asia in the 1990s.

Her husband Takaso, 41, was arrested Monday after the police found a plastic bag containing stimulant drugs in his underwear in Tokyo's Shibuya district.

Sakai, who was then summoned by the police for further investigation, refused to come to a police station and went missing with her 10-year-old son.

Her son was found safe Thursday in Tokyo at an acquaintance's home, but radio signals from her cellphone in Yamanashi Prefecture disappeared Tuesday evening.

(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2009)