Guangzhou airport customs seize 6.79 kg of cannabis disguised as luxury curtains
Guangzhou Baiyun airport customs seized 6,794.26 g of cannabis from transit freight declared as handmade cotton luxury curtains. Officers said X-ray screening showed bagged lumps unlike curtains; 15 vacuum-packed bags of brown plant material tested as cannabis and were sent to anti-smuggling investigators.
🇨🇳 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangdong · China
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport customs seized6,794.26 g of cannabis
from a transit freight shipment, Guangzhou Daily reported on 16 January 2026.[1][2]The cargo was declared as handmade cotton luxury curtains.[1][2]
Officers said an X-ray image showed many bagged lumps that did not match the
declaration, so they opened the shipment and found 15 vacuum-packed bags of
brown plant material with a pungent smell.[1][2]Laboratory testing confirmed
cannabis weighing 6,794.26 g.[1][2]Guangzhou Daily published customs photos
of the seizure at the airport.[1]
Customs reminded the public that smuggling or trafficking drugs is a criminal
offence in China regardless of quantity.[1][2]The reports did not name any
suspect.[1][2]
Photos and video
Guangzhou Customs officers with vacuum-packed cannabis seized at Baiyun airport, in a Guangzhou Daily photo handout.Photo details
Both outlets say only “recently” (近日) for the interception; 16 January 2026 is the publication date of the Guangzhou Daily report republished online.
DC娱乐网 republishes the Guangzhou Daily text and credits reporter Lin Lin and customs officer Guan Yue; the Guangzhou Customs website notice dated 12 March 2026 could not be opened here.
No sender, route, recipient or arrest is named.
The Guangzhou Daily page shows two distinct seizure photos but only one direct image URL could be recovered from the HTML opened.
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