Ürümqi customs at Tian Shan Airport seized 32 cannabis seeds in the inbound postal channel, according to a “Customs Release” WeChat notice reported by Chinanews Xinjiang on 30 January 2026.[1] Officers inspected mail declared as a toy from overseas and found one box of Lego bricks with signs it had been opened.[1] Six assembled brick groups concealed 32 plant seeds, which laboratory testing identified as cannabis seeds.[1] Customs quoted article 352 of China’s Criminal Law, which criminalises illegally trading, transporting, carrying or holding non-inactivated seeds or seedlings of controlled drug plants such as poppy in larger amounts.[1] The notice does not report any arrest or hand-over to prosecutors.[1]
Ürümqi airport customs seize 32 cannabis seeds hidden in Lego mail
Ürümqi Tian Shan Airport customs seized 32 cannabis seeds in inbound post declared as a toy, according to a customs WeChat notice reported on 30 January 2026. Officers said seeds were hidden inside six assembled Lego brick groups in a resealed box; laboratory testing confirmed they were cannabis seeds.
🇨🇳 Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, Xinjiang · China
- Cannabis
- Seeds
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Agency type
- Customs, Prosecutor
- Cannabis
- Seeds
- Activity
- Processing
- Setting
- Airport
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- 中新网新疆xj.chinanews.com.cnZHArchived copy乌鲁木齐海关查获大麻种子32粒
Open questions the AI reported
- The customs notice gives only “recently” (近日) for the seizure, not a calendar date; 30 January 2026 is the Chinanews publication date.
- No sender country, recipient, weight, arrest or referral outcome beyond the seizure itself is reported.
- No independent second report was found beyond Chinanews carrying the customs WeChat text.
- Customs cited article 352 of China's Criminal Law on carrying non-inactivated drug-plant seeds in larger amounts but did not say whether this quantity met that threshold.
