Judge Orders Return of Items Seized During 2018 Arrest of Meng Wanzhou

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home to attend her extradition hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court, in Vancouver, Canada, on Aug. 4, 2021. Don Mackinnon/AFP via Getty Images

VANCOUVER—A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ordered the return of items seized from Meng Wanzhou during the Huawei executive’s arrest at Vancouver’s airport over an extradition request from the United States.

An order dated Oct. 21 and signed by Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes says items taken by the RCMP during her Dec. 1, 2018, arrest must be returned.