{"version":1,"id":"hk","name":"Hong Kong","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/hk/","count":6,"totals":{"reports":6,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":3,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":3,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-09-19","reports":[{"id":"hong-kong-record-cannabis-seizure-2026","code":"CET-9W45EA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-record-cannabis-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9W45EA/","date":"2026-09-19","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong seizes a record 535 kg of cannabis at sea","summary":"Customs seized about 535 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds, worth about HK$125 million, from a container that arrived from Thailand declared as carrying insulated boxes. Officers found the drug in 364 of 1,342 boxes and arrested three men after a controlled delivery; one was charged with attempting to traffic.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-record-cannabis-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"largest-ever seaborne drug trafficking case of suspected cannabis buds, 19 September 2026","url":"https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202609/19/P2026091800694.htm","publisher":"Hong Kong Customs","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Three suspects arrested over HK$125m cannabis haul, 19 September 2026","url":"https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1870739-20260919.htm","publisher":"RTHK","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-drug-report-2025","code":"CET-1T4HE8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-drug-report-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1T4HE8/","date":"2026-03-17","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Cannabis reports rise even as Hong Kong's overall drug abuse falls","summary":"Hong Kong recorded 5,077 reported drug abusers in 2025, down 2 per cent from 2024, but the number who reported cannabis rose from 678 to 705. Cannabis was the second most common drug among people under 21 after etomidate, with 263 young users. Police arrested 4,108 people for drug offences, up 27 per cent, and cannabis was one of the three main drugs involved; the conviction rate was 86 per cent.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-drug-report-2025","sources":[{"title":"Drug abuse and drug situation in Hong Kong in 2025, 17 March 2026","url":"https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202603/17/P2026031700262.htm","publisher":"Hong Kong Government","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Central Registry of Drug Abuse, table T3","url":"https://www.nd.gov.hk/psi-dataset/crda-quarterly-statistics/en/t3.csv","publisher":"Narcotics Division","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-canada-cannabis-seizure-2024","code":"CET-1FKSA0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-canada-cannabis-seizure-2024/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1FKSA0/","date":"2024-09-27","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Customs finds 500 kg of cannabis hidden in a soybean shipment","summary":"Customs seized about 500 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds, worth about HK$130 million, from a sea container declared as carrying soy beans from Canada at Kwai Chung on 27 September 2024. Officers found the buds in 83 bags, then arrested two men and one woman aged 44 to 55 after a controlled delivery. The case showed smugglers using ordinary food cargoes to move cannabis into Hong Kong.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-canada-cannabis-seizure-2024","sources":[{"title":"seizes suspected cannabis buds worth about $130 million, 9 October 2024","url":"https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202410/09/P2024100900376.htm","publisher":"Hong Kong Customs","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-first-cbd-prison-sentence-2023","code":"CET-ZTWZ8V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-first-cbd-prison-sentence-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZTWZ8V/","date":"2023-07-07","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong jails a traveller in its first CBD imprisonment case","summary":"A traveller received two months overall after convictions for possessing CBD, possessing ketamine and having injection equipment.[@1] Officers had found two personal-care bottles containing about 5 g of CBD, about 2.2 g of ketamine and ten syringes after her arrival from the United States in March.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["cbd","court","sentencing","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-first-cbd-prison-sentence-2023","sources":[{"title":"passenger jailed for CBD possession, 7 July 2023","url":"https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2023/07/20230707/20230707_155624_371.html?type=ticker","publisher":"Hong Kong Information Services Department","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-two-cannabis-cigarettes-2001","code":"CET-BH1SE4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-two-cannabis-cigarettes-2001/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BH1SE4/","date":"2001-08-03","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong keeps a two-month sentence for selling two cannabis cigarettes","summary":"Chor Lui’s two-month prison sentence stood after he sold an undercover officer two cannabis cigarettes containing 0.24 g for HK$30.[@1] The appeal judge considered his prior drug convictions and the commercial sale in a discotheque important despite the small amount, while recognising the then-lower sentencing benchmark for herbal cannabis than resin.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","trafficking","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-two-cannabis-cigarettes-2001","sources":[{"title":"HKSAR v Chor Lui, 3 August 2001","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkcfi/2001/730","publisher":"Hong Kong High Court","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"R v Tuen Shui Ming and another, 9 June 1995","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkca/1995/36","publisher":"Hong Kong Court of Appeal","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"HKSAR v Phung Hai, 17 February 2000","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkcfi/2000/686","publisher":"Hong Kong High Court","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"HKSAR v Nguyen Thang Loi and Dang Hung Ngoc, 20 January 2023","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkca/2023/103","publisher":"Hong Kong Court of Appeal","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"hong-kong-personal-cannabis-sentence-2000","code":"CET-XSVA2T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/hong-kong-personal-cannabis-sentence-2000/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XSVA2T/","date":"2000-02-17","country":"hk","country_name":"Hong Kong","place":null,"coordinates":[22.398,114.114],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Hong Kong cuts a repeat offender’s cannabis-possession sentence to two months","summary":"Phung Hai’s six-month prison sentence for possessing 1.18 g of cannabis was reduced to two months on appeal.[@1] The original magistrate had relied on two earlier drug convictions to reject a fine, but the appeal judge accepted that the sentence was excessive in light of the sentencing authorities; the prosecution did not defend it.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["court","sentencing","enforcement"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"hong-kong-personal-cannabis-sentence-2000","sources":[{"title":"HKSAR v Phung Hai, 17 February 2000","url":"https://www.hklii.hk/en/cases/hkcfi/2000/686","publisher":"Hong Kong High Court","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}