Reporter in Guangzhou purchases marijuana online on Alibaba site
The 100-yuan order was placed and paid for via Alipay, says Guangzhou-based journalist
They say you can get anything online in China these days - from your fake vanity iPhone "logins" to quirkier purchases such as rental boyfriends or girlfriends and names for unborn children.
Not so common is the experience of a reporter from Guangzhou's who recently ordered a gram of cannabis online for 100 yuan (HK$124) via Alipay.
It took three days for the product to arrive, sealed in foil usually used for packaging dried tea leaves. The reporter just had to type in a few so-called "black words" into a search bar, the report said.
"We have a large internet security team tasked with filtering such items using technological and manual means, but we also welcome users to report any listings so that they can be removed," she said. "Any sellers found listing such items will be penalised immediately."
According to the newspaper, which handed the contraband to police for investigation, the discovery is the "first reported case of marijuana trading over the internet in years".
