Hong Kong puts new CBD legislation into operation

Hong Kong customs services seized of four vials of cannabidiol (CBD) oil and about four grams of suspected cannabis buds with an estimated market value of about $5,000 at Hong Kong International Airport.

A man was arrested. It is the first case in which Hong Kong customs seized suspicious CBD products after the entry into force, on February 1, of the new legislative control of CBD.

Through a risk assessment, customs inspected an air parcel, which was declared as skin oil, arrived in Hong Kong from Denmark at the airport on February 6.

Upon inspection, customs officials found two bottles of suspected CBD oil. The total weight of the drug was about 60 milliliters.

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Customs officials conducted a controlled delivery operation in Yau Ma Tei and have detained a 30-year-old man, suspected of being linked to the case.

The new legislative control of CBD came into force on February 1. Since that day, CBD has been under the same strict control as other dangerous drugs under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.

With the entry into force of the new regulations, customs will intensify coercive measures to intercept the import and transit movements of CBD products in various channels. At the same time, customs will continue to apply the risk assessment strategy to select passengers, cargo and postal parcels for clearance in order to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.

Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in dangerous drugs is a serious offence. The maximum penalty on conviction is a $5 million fine and life imprisonment.