I agree with YD, I reckon that five ounces is worth about AU$2000 (street) in Australia, or about 600 pounds in the UK. I don't understand why the price is converted into dollars in this story when the newspaper is British. What dollars are we talking about? Zimbabwe's?

ed, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Just checked the price per ounce in NZ on google.350$ an ounce.Thats 1750$.People - don`t buy any weed off this reporter!

John, Hamilton,

Look at places like Dubai 4 years for a pin head of something in a shoe a Dj was imprisoned for , What will happen if the person is going to their life or worse how will it be explained away !

Neil, Preston,

Clearly nobody who writes for this newspaper smokes marijuana. Five ounces is worth $2,000 TOPS. It's realistically more like $1,200-$1,500.

YD, Boston, USA

Rob, London, why do you say Hong Kong? Did you read this story somewhere else and they mentioned HK?
I ask because this story was on the front page of the South China Morning Post today and they said it was a HK-Narita passenger.

Oonagh, Hong Kong,

$10000 for 5 ounces. I think not. More like $1000.

Sean, Beckenham, United Kingdom

The article says "coming off an overseas flight into Narita" surely this suggests that it was someone landing and staying in Tokyo...

Abigail , London,

With the rise of link baiting find it very hard to blindly accept the validity of such water-cooler fodder. Can't seem to find any articles in Japanese news sites for the same story.

Dave, Hobart, Australia

I hope that the passenger is not traveling to Singapore.

Anthony, Charleston, WV, USA

Let's hope he doesn't go to Qatar or somewhere similair...

eric, paris,

I heard a similar story (possibly apocryphal) about French Customs stuffing explosives into a suitcase destined for the USA about 10 years ago from Charles de Gaulle. The dog failed to find it and history did not relate what the owner of the suitcase felt about the matter.

Henry, Puteaux, France

So what happens to the unsuspecting passenger if he returns to Hong Kong or flies to another country without discovering the planted drugs? the "it's not mine" excuse, though true probably won't wash with authorities.

Rob, London, UK