rdrrm8e
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Mexican Customs and Fishing Reels
This is a cut and paste from BD:
Guys,
Just an FYI I work at Okuma Fishing Tackle and we just received another Makaira reel that Mexico Customs destroyed while the angler was on the way out
of Mexico. There was a note each time saying they were looking for drugs. This time the left the customers reel in pieces and decided to drill out the
spool looking for a hollow area. Just a heads up for anyone traveling down there.
What's next? Surfboards?
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AKgringo
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Curious
Was it a Mexican, or US inspection? Do you know if your customer was driving across the border, or was the note left with the reel in a checked bag?
It is hard to imagine taking such extreme measures for what would be a small amount of drugs!
Edit...Sorry, I just r-read it and saw that this was a cut and paste, and not your customer. It would be great to know if the traveler was flying or
driving though.
[Edited on 3-16-2015 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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rdrrm8e
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Flying. I don't know what airport...but I am guessing PV. I'll ask around.
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Santiago
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Wow, that's brutal.
I take it that the film canister in the middle of the peanut butter jar is still OK?
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redhilltown
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Seems like it would displace some of that precious peanut butter...
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desertcpl
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thats just out right B,ll crap
even if there was drugs inside the spool,, good god it would have been so small
that is a case of customs wearing their badges to heavy
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Martyman
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Hey don't tell everybody!
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