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Talking about customs at Bergen airport.
The airport used to be really small, more like a bus terminal. I would often get a cheap late flight back and usually the customs desk would be deserted. This time was different and it was swarming with agents.
I walked into the green nothing to declare lane and got stopped and my luggage searched. Imagine the delight on the agents face when he comes across a 5kg bag of white powder!
Excitedly he puts a sample into his machine but it wont work. Soon a drug dog is on the scene and is offered a sample.
Dog eats it.
I fell about laughing because it was protein powder like I said . Dog handler starts kicking off as it might have chocolate in it, they made me pay tax on it because I didnt have a receipt.
The airport used to be really small, more like a bus terminal. I would often get a cheap late flight back and usually the customs desk would be deserted. This time was different and it was swarming with agents.
I walked into the green nothing to declare lane and got stopped and my luggage searched. Imagine the delight on the agents face when he comes across a 5kg bag of white powder!
Excitedly he puts a sample into his machine but it wont work. Soon a drug dog is on the scene and is offered a sample.
Dog eats it.
I fell about laughing because it was protein powder like I said . Dog handler starts kicking off as it might have chocolate in it, they made me pay tax on it because I didnt have a receipt.
LiftedDisco
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Way back in the mists of time, as per my earlier post so pre-Schengen, I used to run around Europe feeding various race teams.
Coffee was cheap in Holland, so I used to stock up for the season - 50kg of ground coffee in 250g bricks takes up a lot of space! On heading into Germany, I had a particularly scrupulous customs officer who got very, very excited at the amount of coffee that he’d found (what he hadn’t found was the additional coffee stashed in a cupboard behind my Honda monkey bike that was lashed in the centre of the hospitality unit…) and insisted that he was going to charge me duty on the ‘value of the coffee’
Ah, that’s easy - it’s free…folks come to the pits and hospitality area and we just give it away.
His mind was absolutely and completely blown…
Robbie260
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Been all over the shop during covid and before with tools. As long as it was in my checked baggage I was never bothered or questioned. Even brought some brand new stuff back from the US and Oz was never questioned.
As long as the original packaging is open or not present they can’t objectively say it’s new and unused therefore canny tax you on it. Think with most of my tools it helped they looked used/oily/dirty and in a bag or case with boots and overalls.
As long as the original packaging is open or not present they can’t objectively say it’s new and unused therefore canny tax you on it. Think with most of my tools it helped they looked used/oily/dirty and in a bag or case with boots and overalls.
