2 arrested over smuggling CFCs from Thailand

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows some of the 21,600 cans containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) allegedly smuggled into Japan from Thailand and seized at Narita airport customs. Police said July 10 a Japanese man and a South Korean man have been arrested on suspicion of illegally airmailing in early May the cans of CFCs, which have been banned because they deplete the Earth's ozone layer and cause global warming.