Suspect used Internet to get cannabis seeds

AKITA, Japan, June 16 (Kyodo) A man who procured cannabis seeds through the
Internet and used them to grow marijuana plants at his home in Akita
Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has been charged with possession of drugs,
prosecutors said Monday.

Prosecutors said Koji Ishizaki, 31, a resident of the prefectural capital of
Akita, was found in midMay in possession of some 60 grams of marijuana which
he had grown himself and dried out for use.

Ishizaki allegedly admitted to police having smoked some of his homegrown
marijuana.

Prosecutors said Ishizaki told them he obtained cannabis seeds, equipment
needed to grow them and a howto manual through an Internet mailorder
service about two years ago.

Police came across the marijuana plants when they searched Ishizaki's house
after he came under suspicion of performing indecent acts on a 15yearold
girl he met through a telephonedating prostitution ring.