Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected cannabis buds at airport
Hong Kong Customs detected a drug trafficking case involving baggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport on July 3 and seized about 22 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds with an estimated market value of about $4 million.
A 57-year-old Japanese male passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Bangkok, Thailand, that day. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected cannabis buds inside his check-in baggage and 98 alternative smoking products in his trousers pocket. The man was subsequently arrested.
The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of importing alternative smoking products. The case will be brought up at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (July 6).
