Mystery Packages From Hong Kong Stream Into Canadian Courts
More than two dozen suspicious packages have found their way to local courthouses in Canada in recent weeks, sparking an international investigation, according to CBC News. Courthouses from Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories have received the mysterious parcels, many of which carry Hong Kong postmarks. The campaign has largely targeted individual court officials in smaller towns.
Canadian police have released little information about their ongoing investigation. Police who tested packages sent to court buildings in Manitoba said they did not detect any dangerous chemicals, but revealed nothing about the packages’ contents.
Last month, four front-counter workers in a provincial Nova Scotia courthouse sought treatment at a local hospital for nausea, dizziness and burning in the throat after receiving an envelope from Hong Kong. They were all later released.
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