Hong Kong Customs and Excise
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · Customs · 12 reports
- People arrested
- 27
- Cannabis seized
- 660.451 kg
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Two women held at Hong Kong airport with 7 kg of cannabis buds
Hong Kong Customs arrested two mainland Chinese women, aged 50 and 54, at Hong Kong International Airport on 6 November 2026 after finding about 3.5 kg of suspected cannabis buds in each woman's hand luggage. Both had flown in from Bangkok, and Customs put the combined value of the two seizures at about HK$1.4 million.
Arrested 2Cannabis 7 kg24-year-old held at Hong Kong airport with 9 kg of cannabis buds
Hong Kong Customs arrested a 24-year-old mainland traveller arriving from Bangkok after finding about 9 kg of suspected cannabis buds in his hand luggage at Hong Kong International Airport. The man has been charged with trafficking in a dangerous drug and his case is due at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on 6 November.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 9 kgMainland man charged over 5.1 kg of cannabis buds at HK airport
Hong Kong Customs arrested a 42-year-old mainland man arriving from Bangkok on 2 November 2026 after finding about 5.1 kg of suspected cannabis buds plus suspected poison products and duty-unpaid cigarettes in his hand luggage. He was charged with drug trafficking and three related counts and was due in West Kowloon court on 3 November.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 5.1 kgHong Kong Customs arrest mainland man with 5 kg of cannabis buds at airport
Hong Kong Customs arrested a 37-year-old mainland Chinese man at Hong Kong International Airport on 31 October 2026 after finding about 5 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds in his carry-on suitcase. He had arrived from Bangkok, and Customs estimated the buds' market value at about HK$1.1 million.
Arrested 1Cannabis 5 kgTwo mainland men charged over 5.4 kg of cannabis buds at HK airport
Hong Kong Customs intercepted a 58-year-old mainland man arriving from Phu Quoc on 23 October 2026 with cannabis buds in his carry-on, then a 36-year-old arrival from Bangkok tied to the case; together 5.4 kg worth HK$1.1 million was seized and both were jointly charged with trafficking.
Arrested 2Cannabis 5.4 kgTwo charged over 8.8 kg of cannabis buds at HK airport
Hong Kong Customs found 3.3 kg of cannabis buds and 220 duty-unpaid cigarettes on a 43-year-old woman and 5.5 kg of buds on a 41-year-old man arriving from Bangkok at the airport on 15 and 16 October 2026. Both were charged with trafficking and due in West Kowloon court on 17 October.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 8.8 kgTwo mainland men charged over 5 kg of cannabis buds from Manila at HK airport
Hong Kong Customs found about 5 kg of suspected cannabis buds in the check-in suitcase of a 59-year-old mainland man arriving from Manila on 10 October 2026 and arrested a second arrival tied to the case. Both men were jointly charged with drug trafficking.
Arrested 2Cannabis 5 kgHong Kong seizes 240 kg of cannabis in July–August transit operation
Customs said its July 13–August 17 “Flame Mesh” operation targeting transit-air trafficking seized about 240 kg of suspected cannabis buds from passengers’ luggage and arrested 10 people. The agency estimated the haul at HK$56 million.
Arrested 10Cannabis 240 kgTwo men charged with smuggling 27 kg of cannabis buds through HZMB port
Hong Kong Customs seized about 27 kg of suspected cannabis buds, valued at about HK$5.5 million, from the suitcases of two men arriving from Macao by car at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port on 12 August 2025. The men, aged 61 and 52, were each charged with trafficking in a dangerous drug and were due in West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 27 kgHong Kong makes its first CBD seizure days after ban takes effect
Hong Kong Customs seized four bottles of CBD oil and about four grams of cannabis buds worth about HK$5,000 in the first case since CBD came under dangerous-drug control on 1 February 2023. A 30-year-old man was arrested after a controlled delivery in Yau Ma Tei.
Arrested 1Cannabis 4 g348 kg of cannabis buds found in ceiling tiles from Canada
Hong Kong Customs found about 348 kg of cannabis buds worth some HK$60 million hidden in ceiling tiles shipped from Canada, then arrested two men aged 32 and 34 in San Po Kong after a controlled delivery.
Arrested 2Cannabis 348 kgTravel agent arrested in Macau over 147 g mailed cannabis
Macau's Judiciary Police intercepted a 40-year-old local travel agent on 24 May 2022 at a Central district parcel point as he collected mailed cannabis. Laboratory tests put the parcel at 147.456 grams worth about MOP148,000, and he was transferred to prosecutors on trafficking, drug-use and equipment charges.
Arrested 1Cannabis 147.456 g