Gongbei Customs officers stopped a traveller using the green channel at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Zhuhai checkpoint and found five hand-rolled cigarettes in an opened pack in his coat pocket. Tests found cannabis in all five, with a net weight of 1.26 grams, and the case went to the customs anti-smuggling department.
🇨🇳 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Zhuhai port, Zhuhai, Guangdong · China
The seizure took place at the Zhuhai checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge.[1]Gongbei Customs officers stopped a traveller using the green
channel at the arrivals hall for vehicle passengers at the Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Zhuhai checkpoint after he appeared evasive and walked
with a hurried gait.[1]The green channel is the lane for travellers with
nothing to declare.[1]Officers found an opened cigarette pack in the
traveller’s coat pocket, and a pungent odour when they opened it led them to
five hand-rolled cigarettes.[1]
Tests found cannabis components in all five cigarettes, with a net weight of
1.26 grams.[1]The case was transferred to the customs anti-smuggling
department for further handling.[1]
Gongbei Customs said cannabis is among the state-regulated narcotics that cause
addiction.[1]Customs warned that smuggling, trafficking, transporting or
manufacturing narcotics carries criminal liability and criminal penalties
whatever the quantity.[1]
Photos and video
Gongbei Customs handout photo of the five hand-rolled cannabis cigarettes seized at the HZMB Zhuhai checkpoint. Photo: Gongbei Customs via The Macau Post DailyPhoto details
The statement gives no date for the interception beyond "recently"; 21 May 2026, the day before the report that quotes the statement, is used as the incident date.
The traveller's nationality, age and sex were not published beyond being called a traveller.
The report does not say whether the traveller was detained, charged or released, only that the case went to the anti-smuggling department.
No court outcome was reported.
Only one source was found: the customs statement as reported by The Macau Post Daily; no Chinese-language report or customs notice of the same interception could be opened.
The published photo is an undated customs handout and shows the cigarettes, not the inspection.
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