U.K. Police Arrest Seven Individuals Suspected of Funding Terrorism

                On May 1, 2012, British police arrested seven individuals suspected of aiding a terrorist network, based out of Somalia, by smuggling a plant into the U.S. and Canada and laundering the profit.  The plant, called khat, can produce a mild high when chewed and has been a controlled substance in the U.S. since 1993 and Canada since 1996, but remains to be legal in Britain and many countries worldwide.[1]