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Customs officers seize suspected cannabis buds at Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong customs officers arrested a 49-year-old male passenger arriving from Bangkok after finding approximately six kilograms of suspected cannabis buds valued at about 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars. Officers also reported finding two boxes of suspected Part 1 poisons and an untaxed cigarette in his carry-on baggage. Authorities reported that the investigation remains ongoing.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • rthk海關
  • bastillepost海關
  • stheadline海關
  • newtalk海巡
  • ltn海巡署
  • epochtimes海巡
3 differing positions reported on location across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • rthk曼谷抵港
  • bastillepost機場
  • stheadline機場
  • newtalk雲林艦
2 differing positions reported on timing across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • newtalk近10年
  • ltn10年來
  • epochtimes近10年
WhereHong Kong
22.334, 114.153 ±400 km
First reported20 days ago
Published2026-10-05 08:39 UTC
Sources6
How this travelled.
Reports14Independent tellings6
6 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Customs officers seize suspected cannabis buds at Hong Kong International Airport. 2026-10-05T08:39:07.687Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4649. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-05/10-815-6303657e

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