People in Guangdong province are to be asked for ID cards when sending or accepting express deliveries to clamp down on illegal and dangerous packages in the mail. The move will be piloted in Huizhou and Zhuhai by the end of the year, according to the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Administration. The real-name requirement will be expanded to the entire province next year. Authorities have acted in the wake of an increase in the number of cases involving drugs and inflammable and explosive materials being found in the mail. Guangdong is the third area in China to introduce the ID requirement for express deliveries, after Zhejiang and Yunnan provinces. Guangdong handles more than 1.5 billion items of express mail a year. Shenzhen airport police seized 1,500 grams of methamphetamine, commonly known as ice, in an express parcel on its way to Shandong province on August 22, as well as 3.3 kilograms of ice in an express delivery to Shanghai from Huizhou. Last year, police from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport intercepted more than 230 express parcels and letters containing drugs. “The names of the senders and receivers were all fake, which caused difficulties for police to detain the suspected drug traffickers,” said Wang Junke, Director of drug enforcement for Guangdong. On February 2, a courier and a woman receiving a parcel in Guangzhou were seriously injured when a package exploded. Police said the parcel, which contained explosive materials, was sent by the woman’s ex-boyfriend, the China Daily reports.