Seven cannabis cigarettes weighing 4.2 g seized from traveller at West Kowloon Station
West Kowloon Station Customs stopped an inbound traveller who did not declare and found seven suspected hand-made cannabis cigarettes, 4.2 grams gross, in a cigarette box in the traveller's left trouser pocket. A laboratory detected THC in all seven, and the case went to the customs anti-smuggling department.
West Kowloon Station is the Hong Kong terminus of the high-speed rail line to
Shenzhen and Guangzhou, and its co-located port is cleared by mainland customs.[1]West Kowloon Station Customs stopped an inbound traveller who entered the
customs control area without declaring anything.[1]Officers intercepted the
traveller because they looked around and behaved unusually at the checkpoint.[1]A search of the cigarette box in the traveller’s left trouser pocket found
seven suspected hand-made cannabis cigarettes that gave off a distinctive smell.[1]Customs recorded the cigarettes as weighing 4.2 grams gross.[1]
A specialist institution tested the seven cigarettes and detected
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in all of them.[1]The case has been handed to the
customs anti-smuggling department.[1]
Customs reminded travellers that Chinese law lists cannabis with opium, heroin,
methamphetamine, morphine and cocaine among narcotics and other controlled
substances that can cause addiction.[1]It said smuggling, selling,
transporting or manufacturing drugs carries criminal liability and punishment
whatever the quantity.[1]
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The seven hand-made cannabis cigarettes seized at West Kowloon Station, in a customs photo published with the notice. Photo: 海关发布 (China Customs)Photo details
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Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article says only 近日 and gives no separate seizure date, so 12 November 2026, the publication date, is used as the incident date.
The 4.2 grams is expressly a gross weight for the seven cigarettes, and no net cannabis weight or THC content was published, so the kilograms figure records that gross weight.
The traveller's sex, age, nationality and travel origin were not published.
No detention, arrest, charge or court outcome was reported beyond the interception and the transfer to the anti-smuggling department.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; it is China Customs' own release, so the seizure is not independently corroborated.
Hong Kong Customs arrested two mainland Chinese women, aged 50 and 54, at Hong Kong International Airport on 6 November 2026 after finding about 3.5 kg of suspected cannabis buds in each woman's hand luggage. Both had flown in from Bangkok, and Customs put the combined value of the two seizures at about HK$1.4 million.
Hong Kong Customs arrested a 24-year-old mainland traveller arriving from Bangkok after finding about 9 kg of suspected cannabis buds in his hand luggage at Hong Kong International Airport. The man has been charged with trafficking in a dangerous drug and his case is due at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on 6 November.
West Kowloon Station Customs stopped a male inbound traveller and seized one packet of cannabis candy with a gross weight of 18.03 grams after field and laboratory tests detected THC. The case was transferred to the customs anti-smuggling department for further handling.
Hong Kong Customs arrested a 42-year-old mainland man arriving from Bangkok on 2 November 2026 after finding about 5.1 kg of suspected cannabis buds plus suspected poison products and duty-unpaid cigarettes in his hand luggage. He was charged with drug trafficking and three related counts and was due in West Kowloon court on 3 November.
