Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected cannabis buds and suspected cannabis products worth about $1 million (with photo)
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (April 7) seized about 3.3 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds and a batch of suspected cannabis products, including cannabis cookies, cannabis oil vape capsules, vape sticks containing THC, as well as 120 tablets of suspected MDMA and a batch of suspected drug packaging paraphernalia, with a total estimated market value of about $1 million in Tai Po. A man, aged 20, suspected to be connected with the case was arrested.
During an anti-narcotics operation conducted in Tai Po last night, Customs intercepted a suspicious man and seized about 2 grams of suspected cannabis buds in his possession. The man was subsequently arrested. Customs officers later escorted him to a nearby residential unit for a search and further seized about 3.3kg of suspected cannabis buds, about 1 700g of suspected cannabis cookies, about 900g of suspected cannabis-infused gummy candies, about 700g of suspected cannabis oil, 515 suspected cannabis oil vape capsules, about 100 vape sticks containing suspected THC, 120 tablets of suspected MDMA, and a batch of suspected drug packaging paraphernalia.
The arrestee has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of possession of a dangerous drug and will appear at the Fanling Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (April 9).
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
Ends/Tuesday, April 8, 2025
