Kana Caught at Customs
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confirm?Originally posted by cyrusv:heard that they will.. did them take down ur particulars? if yes, u in big trouble liao..
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where got so gan jeong one..Originally posted by Ito_^:confirm?
wont la..
unless u take in contraband items.. -
Haha my friend kena caught for trrying to bring in burger meat patty and kena destroy haha.. But my friends say they buy pirated vcds the officer check never say anything leh? Porn of course can't lah. I think games also can lor..
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One day I drove in with petrol tank empty. It looked like they were waiting for me. I think they do profiling or they have scanners that scan the cars as the cars pass by.
The custom officer look at the fuel guage and said: "Even the fuel empty light has come on!"
Anyway just got away with a fifty dollars fine.
Moral of the story is, if you want to cheat might as well make sure that it is empty until the light comes on. If you get away, at least it has more bite. -
They check every car.Originally posted by casino_king:One day I drove in with petrol tank empty. It looked like they were waiting for me. I think they do profiling or they have scanners that scan the cars as the cars pass by.
The custom officer look at the fuel guage and said: "Even the fuel empty light has come on!"
Anyway just got away with a fifty dollars fine.
Moral of the story is, if you want to cheat might as well make sure that it is empty until the light comes on. If you get away, at least it has more bite. -
arrr..tot take down just warning niaOriginally posted by cyrusv:heard that they will.. did them take down ur particulars? if yes, u in big trouble liao.. -
someone told me that bringing pirated vcds back from johor is ok. just dun bring in stacks of the same title. then cannot. if just a few pieces for personal enjoyment....its ok. but i cant confirm it laa... but my friend say he has been doing it many times. so i duuno... hahah
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As far as i know, Customs are not empowered to confiscate pirated goods.
chewing gum is because it is a prohibited for importation item.
pornography is also prohibited.
Movies are restricted item, and subject to censorship.
Pirated games/programs are illegal in singapore but customs is not the authority to decide if the games are pirated. -
Changi Airport customs do not check what you bring in at all...
Had thought of bringing in a pet turtle for my fish tank that's not available in Singapore but didn't dare to... in retrospect maybe i should have.. haha.
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they custom people told my friend dun bring in too much of those pirated games when they found him. and they let him off. didnt confiscate the games.
guess a few is ok. just dun bring in boxes of it can liao. -
You mean the checked in luggage ? You are very sure about that in view of the 9/11 ?Originally posted by cornyfish2000:Changi Airport customs do not check what you bring in at all...
Had thought of bringing in a pet turtle for my fish tank that's not available in Singapore but didn't dare to... in retrospect maybe i should have.. haha.
There's a difference between customs knowing what you bring in and not acting , and not knowing what you bringing in.
For hand carry luggage, there's a scanner for the shape of the objects in the bags, and another for the type of material of the objects in the bags, saw this when they scanning my hand carry luggage
Have you spare a thought for the turtle not available in Spore ? Not available bcos its a endangered species ? Or not available bcos not pet shop is importing in spore ?
What if the turtle died while you are smuggling it ? It will be just another failed attempt by you ? No ?
If its not a endangered species, get it through the proper channel. Heck, if its not available bcos no one is bringing it in, then be the importor for it. -
they saw our packs of gum beside the gearbox, and i just told the officer, "yeah lar, just bought a few to chew lor". he smiled and let us proceed.
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so cannot buy metallic things and put in ur hand carry?if not alarm will sound then U have to take out everything...?Originally posted by pufferfish_79:For hand carry luggage, there's a scanner for the shape of the objects in the bags, and another for the type of material of the objects in the bags, saw this when they scanning my hand carry luggage -
The most you have to discard it in front of them
If you take SBS bus from JB back, dun buy chewing gums, they will check your bag.. Unless it's just 2 or 3 small pkts -
No, i was referring to the hand luggage. The X-ray scanners at Changi Airport are not used to scan the hand luggage of passengers coming into Singapore. They are only used to scan the hand luggage of departing passengers.Originally posted by pufferfish_79:You mean the checked in luggage ? You are very sure about that in view of the 9/11 ?
There's a difference between customs knowing what you bring in and not acting , and not knowing what you bringing in.
For hand carry luggage, there's a scanner for the shape of the objects in the bags, and another for the type of material of the objects in the bags, saw this when they scanning my hand carry luggage
Have you spare a thought for the turtle not available in Spore ? Not available bcos its a endangered species ? Or not available bcos not pet shop is importing in spore ?
What if the turtle died while you are smuggling it ? It will be just another failed attempt by you ? No ?
If its not a endangered species, get it through the proper channel. Heck, if its not available bcos no one is bringing it in, then be the importor for it.
As i said, Singapore customs did not check my hand luggage at all when i returned from Hongkong.
The turtle species i was referring to is the pig nosed turtle. It was recently listed under CITES II, hence its sale is restricted in Singapore. You need a licence to sell it here, but there are no restrictions on private ownership. It is classified as being 'Threatened', not 'Endangered'.
In Hongkong, the pignose is freely available for sale... in fact, many of them are kept in rather atrocious conditions in the fish shops. Some shops prepack them in small plastic bags and leave them under the sun. I'm sure many will perish if they are not sold quickly. I'll be doing the species a favour by buying it, bringing it home and providing it with a much better living environment.
And no, this cannot be 'another failed attempt by me' at smuggling... cos i have never attempted smuggling before.
Anyway i only want one for my fish tank, am not interested in becoming an importer for turtles... i got my own job to do. -
CITES Appendix II species require a permit by AVA even if you want to bring it in as your own pet
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Yeah, that was why i finally decided not to take the risk.Originally posted by the Bear:CITES Appendix II species require a permit by AVA even if you want to bring it in as your own pet
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The police will take down your car plate and pass it to CID and then they will track u down and do their job....... they rather catch the whole junk or whole house of disc than a few penny disc.....
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They won't check if you don't bring but if you do they will check. All the luggage is screened before it comes out onto the bag escalator. Any thing suspicious during scan; after you collect, they ask you to open... so don't assume that they will never check just because they have never checked you when you are "clean."Originally posted by cornyfish2000:Changi Airport customs do not check what you bring in at all...
Had thought of bringing in a pet turtle for my fish tank that's not available in Singapore but didn't dare to... in retrospect maybe i should have.. haha. -
tell you lah. they got quota to catch one. so if that day unluucky nothing else to catch they will catch this type of bo liao things lor. the officer prob was being nice. he only need one then see got pirated and gum so just take the gum lor. pirated prob more serious bah??
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so some get confiscated some dun..so is it really the face?
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A friend of mine who visits JB often told me that the police have some sort of "limit" about the number of pirated discs you can bring in. If just a couple, they might let you off with a verbal warning. More, then they might persecute.
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They thought that you wanted to sell the gums. Actually, it was banned for sale in SG.
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Banned for import.Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:They thought that you wanted to sell the gums. Actually, it was banned for sale in SG. -
[/quote]i have no idea.. maybe muz put one glasses den look guai guai innocent face. last time brought back one big box oso no prob. dunnoe today wad day so suey.. but i really din noe chewing gum cannot buy back sia so i was thinking wtf, my games! den nothing happened. Laughing [quote]
if u can bring it in as u like. then why bother to ban it in first place. for e gums, i can onlky say u suay loh. but e games, its ok as long as u dont bring too many eg: 10,20. what they look for is prono. heard dat it cost u 1k per disk if found n u will also b blacklisted.