More than 20 people have been detained under the Cannabis Control Law for importing marijuana seeds with the intention to cultivate them for personal use or sale, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The Cannabis Control Law does not prohibit the possession and sale of cannabis seeds, but cultivating the seeds or possessing them with the intention of cultivating is a criminal offense.
The MPD said Thursday it had detained 21 people on suspicion of either possessing marijuana or trying to grow it from seeds. The suspects -- in their 20s to 50s -- were detained after the MPD searched their homes in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture on suspicion of "preparing to cultivate marijuana."
