Sentence7 July 2023verifiedCET-ZTWZ8V

Hong Kong jails a traveller in its first CBD imprisonment case

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.

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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. Customs described the July sentence as the first imprisonment since CBD became a dangerous drug in February 2023.^[1]^[1]

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passenger jailed for CBD possession, 7 July 2023. Hong Kong Information Services Department. Two months overall for two drug-possession counts and an injection-equipment count; CBD products and ketamine; first imprisonment under new CBD listing.

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