Hong Kong Customs seized four bottles of CBD oil and about four grams of suspected cannabis buds, the first seizure since CBD came under the same control as other dangerous drugs on 1 February 2023.[1][2] Officers had inspected an air parcel from Denmark, declared as skin oil, at the airport on 6 February and found two bottles of suspected CBD oil inside.[1][2]

During a controlled delivery in Yau Ma Tei on 8 February, officers arrested a 30-year-old man believed to be connected with the parcel, and found two more bottles of suspected CBD oil and the cannabis buds in a search of his workplace.[1] A later search of his home in Tseung Kwan O turned up a grinder with traces of suspected cannabis buds.[1]

Customs put the haul’s estimated market value at about HK$5,000 and said it would step up checks on passengers, cargo and postal packets for CBD products.[1] Trafficking in a dangerous drug carries up to life imprisonment and a HK$5 million fine.[1]