3 Jul 69

"Hong Kong" caught four people smuggling "cannabis flowers" from Thailand, the first case of two Thai women, the second case of a young Chinese, the third case of a Hong Kong woman, confiscating more than 33 kilograms of middlemen worth 24 million baht, a life sentence of up to 21 million baht.

Hong Kong Customs revealed that on July 1, 2026, just one day, authorities arrested four passengers with cannabis flowers from Thailand, weighing more than 33 kilograms worth more than 24 million baht.

Authorities detained two young women, aged 22 and 29, who arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday on a 29-year-old woman's luggage raid. About 10 kilograms of dried cannabis flowers worth about HK $1.8 million (about $7.6 million) were hidden inside, resulting in their immediate arrest.

On the same day, customs intercepted a 38-year-old Chinese man who had travelled from Bangkok, choosing a per-machine route through Jakarta, Indonesia, before entering Hong Kong early in the morning. Upon checking the baggage, a 13-kilogram suspected cannabis flower was found hidden inside the suitcase.

Later in the afternoon, officers searched a 33-year-old Hong Kong woman who arrived from Phuket, found 10 kilograms of marijuana flowers hidden in a check-in luggage bag, and took custody for prosecution.

All three cases are currently under investigation, with Hong Kong Customs confirming that it will tighten the crackdown through intelligence analysis and risk assessment systems, closely targeting passengers arriving from high-risk regions.

In addition, Hong Kong Customs has issued a strictly warning to the public not to go astray into the drug trafficking movement just to hope for financial rewards, including to refuse the carriage of goods or deposit of undetermined items from other persons in and out of Hong Kong.

Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of Hong Kong, drug trafficking is the highest level of serious offence. The penalty is a maximum fine of HK $5 million (approximately Baht 21 million) and life imprisonment.