Seattle men busted at border for importing chocolate eggs

[Benko]

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/art ... 716379.php

Story abbreviated below.

"Two Seattle men were recently pinched crossing the Canadian border, but the men weren't carrying guns or drugs -- they were packing illegal candy.  Brandon Loo and Christopher Sweeney were on a trip to Vancouver when they decided to bring home some treats for friends and family.  They bought Kinder Eggs. The chocolate eggs, which aren't available in America, come with a toy inside. Kinder Eggs are illegal in the United States and carry a $2,500 fine per egg....The men eventually got off with a warning. Last year alone, Customs and Border Protection seized 25,000 Kinder Eggs."

Nanny state at its finest.

[MediumTex]

Now LOOK, just hand over the chocolate eggs and nothing bad will happen to you.

Don't RESIST, sir! 

[Pointedstick]

Sometimes even if you don't resist, something bad will happen to you.

[MediumTex]

Sometimes even if you don't resist, something bad will happen to you.

I LOVE that guy.

Casual brutality at its finest.



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[AdamA]

Benko--

Your new quote is very thought provoking.

[Greg]

Benko--

Your new quote is very thought provoking.

Now I feel lucky because I just got back from Germany and brought a few with me. Wonder how much that is really enforced for the fine.

[Ad Orientem]

Many years ago when I was in the Navy on my last deployment I stopped in a tobacco shop in the souk of Bahrain. On an impulse I purchased four boxes of cigars... the kind frowned on by our government.  For reasons which escape me I forgot to list them on the customs forms when entering the US.

I have long since given up smoking but thrust a good Havana under my nose and who knows what will happen. God save my bank account if they ever lift the embargo on Cuba.