FIVE ARRESTED IN HONG KONG FOR ORDERING CANADIAN POT BY MAIL

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong customs officials arrested five people for allegedly
ordering marijuana by mail from Canada with a total local market value of
about 2.1 million Hong Kong dollars ($361,859 Cdn), officials and news
reports said.

The Sing Tao Daily newspaper reported Sunday that the cannabis was in boxes
purporting to contain ginseng tea.

Officers found seven kilograms of the drug in several mail packages between
April 8 and last Friday, Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department said in
a statement Saturday.

The government statement didn't provide further information on the five
suspects arrested. It also didn't say whether they had been charged.