U.S. Customs Help

[cj001f]

It's a bottle of absynthe, not a kilo of peruvian flake. They're not really gonna care.

I still think he'd be safer hiding it in his rectum.

[slim]

I still think he'd be safer hiding it in his rectum.

Obviously.

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

You could always stuff it in your pants.

[The front, of course. Not the back.]

[dubu]

This is so retarded. Don't do anything special. Just put the bottle in your bag and go through customs as you normally would. There's a limit as to how much alcohol of any type you can bring into the US. .

Ding Ding Ding..

but totally shove it up your ass just in case..

dude just put the bottle in you carry on and walk through.

Dont put in in a pop bottle thats just dumb and if you get busted they will you cant really play the oo I did not know absenth was not allowed card can you now..

[grskier]

Just bring it in your carry on...

and don't stare down the dude at the end of the hallway before you get to customs.

[sfotex]

Speaking of shoving it in your rectum, I heard getting caught with a bottle of that stuff is 10-20 in pound you in the ass prison.

[Tippster]

First remove your head from your ass.

Then breathe the fresh air.

Then do what Arty said.

Put your Bottle in the bag you're carrying on the plane - be it your backpack, a duffle, whatever. Why, you ask? Because it won't BREAK.

Then, once you're in the US of A, check the "Nothing to Declare" box on the customs form they give you on the plane. Done. I carry home a bottle of Cuban Rum (also contraband and confiscatable materiel) every time I leave the country (about 3x a year.) I have NEVER had it confiscated - hell, I've never had my carry on searched!

[DJSapp]

Million dollar answer:

Buy a bottle of the fake, empty, reload with the real.

Game over.

And you can insert it into your rectum just in case.

[INDY GS]

You should not have a problem, I came thru customs on my way back from serbia last fall, with at least 6 Bottles of hard liquor a couple of beers and 2 bottles of wine, IN A CARRY ON. My wife had 4 bottles of wine in her backpack. As we went thru customs in chicago, he asked what we had, i said some wine, as I clanked a backpack weighing at least 45 lbs on the floor in front of me, He says have a nice evening.

You should have no probblem.

[DJMingus]

Wikipedia weighs in:
If you get caught (as apparently unlikely as it's appearing to be) then why not grab the bottle from them right there and then and pound away. May as well go to jail on a high note.

Defnitely a winning strategy here. Way to think ahead You Gooch. Gotta plan for all contingencies.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Yes... but they most likely won't be checking your ass.

What if he's flying from Greece?

[Platinum Pete]

Dude, be careful... Last time I brought Absinthe back I never saw my luggage again and it was a major legal issue.


Prolly shouldn't have bought the Hamas brand, but it was so cute in that bandolier of little red shooters.

[RootSkier]

Just make sure to take a big slug before you shove it up your ass.

[ddsnake]

Jesus , Chill out........ Just put it in your carry on and walk on thru like it's nothing.
I've been chronic for almost 20 yrs and I've always taken my medicine wherever I've gone (US ,Europe, Asia, Australia) and never had a problem.
Chill.

[Art Shirk]

Here is a novel idea. Are you ready? Here it comes? This is gonna be funny.

Shove it up your ass.

[skiing-in-jackson]

I was working for a guy in Costa Rica, he bought a rather large farm and it had cattle on it. He was a veggie, but he fell in love with the white cheese ( can't remember the name, but is real salty and tastes like mozzarella), best when fried!!! YUM YUM!!!

Anywho, He DEMANDED I carry about 10 pounds back into the states- he wouldn't do it, but for what i was getting paid, would have tried to bring 100 pounds.

Straight from the farm totally unprocessed. A big no no.

Stupid I know, but about 1-3% incoming bags get checked, less than if you don't fit a profile.

I was fine.

If you get caught with your bottle, answer,

Maggot: Dude you can't take my booze...

Customs: That's not allowed, it's a voilation of Federal Code 5647.97865 I 'm going to have to take this..."

Maggot: That sucks!

Customs: Would you like to contact my supervisor???

Maggot: No, but you better not touch that bottle of wine

Sacrifice it if you have to, claim it as a bottle of some type schnapps but have another type of liquor with you as a diversion.

You'll be golden.

[SKISC]

Either mail it to yourself or just wrap it up in your suit case. They may not pilfer through your shit. That is what I have done with cigars. The safe way would be mail but foreign mail is very slow. I mailed some shit from Spain and was home for a month before the fucking package got to my house.

[Tippster]

...he fell in love with the white cheese ( can't remember the name, but is real salty and tastes like mozzarella), best when fried!!! YUM YUM!!!...

If it looks like this it's called Asadero or also Queso Fresco. Available in vacuum packed twinpacs at CostCo for about $7.

[Shaggy]

Listen to cj001f. This thread is a whole bunch of panty-twisting about nothing.

Rule #1 of crossing borders (even when you're not doing anything wrong) is to be cool. Don't volunteer anything (ever), always wait to be asked a question, be polite but not overly "chatty" (that makes you look nervous), and don't look like you're hiding something. It's really that simple. Ohh, and keep answers short and to the point.

Just remember what the worst case scenerio is: They're just gonna take away the bottle of contraband, if they find it. ... Unless they find the 10 pounds of crack the airline workers hide in your checked baggage that is...

Ohh, and for extra assurance, yer really best to put it in der poopenhausen.

[EstoBum]

Quit your bitchin. I fly across borders with booze all the time. (Its funny how 1/2 those bottles dissapear during the flight)

Claim it as you would any other booze. Just write "1L of liquor" on the customs card. It's worse to not declare anything and get caught with some stuff. If they ask, say its a local liquer. Play dumb if they say its illegal.

I would seriously advise against re-filling another bottle and carrying it in check-in bag. I've had bags frequently inspected cause of a bottle, and they just check to make sure its sealed (previously open stuff they get suspicous of - replaced with stuff that can go kaboom!).

Also, I've never been searched in the poopenhausen, so that could be good hiding place if your paranoid.

[freeskisquaw]

I'm actually on the plane right now with the bottle about 3 feet over my head as we speak. (in the carryon.) We'll see how it goes.

[freeskisquaw]

I made it just fine, they didn't even check my carry-on. Thanks for the advice haha.

[iceman]

I've been chronic for almost 20 yrs and I've always taken my medicine wherever I've gone (US ,Europe, Asia, Australia) and never had a problem.

I was glad I left mine home at the last minute when I went to NZ a couple months ago, they had dogs sniffing every carry-on as we came off the plane. Pretty sure they were mainly looking for food items but still. I also got busted going into Bermuda, that wasn't too cool.

[ddsnake]

I was glad I left mine home at the last minute when I went to NZ a couple months ago, they had dogs sniffing every carry-on as we came off the plane. Pretty sure they were mainly looking for food items but still. I also got busted going into Bermuda, that wasn't too cool.

Point,taken.

[Arty50]

You should not have a problem, I came thru customs on my way back from serbia last fall, with at least 6 Bottles of hard liquor a couple of beers and 2 bottles of wine, IN A CARRY ON.

You brought back 6 bottles of slivovitz and didn't give me one?