MAN'S MEDICINE LANDS HIM IN JAIL

WINNIPEG -- Supporters of a Manitoba missionary nurse say he has been in a
Mexican penitentiary for nearly a month after driving into the country with
cough syrup and over-the-counter cold medicine.

Steve Frey, 47, faces charges of transporting a prohibited controlled
substance. Family and friends say he was carrying medicine for a clinic that
helps impoverished Mexican families.

"This is frustrating, but we are not without hope," said Frey's father, Alvin,
a pastor.

"He must be exonerated. It doesn't make sense. If you can go to jail for years
for cough syrup, something must be wrong."

Frey's family believes Mexican officials are concerned about the medicinal
ingredient pseudoephedrine, which is common in allergy medicine.