Hong Kong Customs found about 348 kg of suspected cannabis buds hidden inside ceiling tiles at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound on 9 December 2022.[1][2] Officers had selected a seaborne consignment declared as ceiling tiles arriving from Canada for inspection and found 40 boxes of tiles with the buds concealed inside, worth an estimated HK$60 million.[1][2]

After a follow-up investigation and a controlled delivery operation, officers arrested two men aged 32 and 34 in San Po Kong on 23 December.[1][2] Customs said investigations were continuing and warned it would step up enforcement before the Christmas and New Year holidays, when it expected local drug demand to rise.[1] Trafficking in a dangerous drug carries a maximum penalty of a HK$5 million fine and life imprisonment.[1]