Today, we're talking about a girl named Crystal Tadlock, and with her blood and tears, we tell you: on the plane, a very unintentional act brought a loss of A $650 and a lifetime chance to leave the country.
1. Take the "plane meal" transfer, and the result.
Earlier this year, Crystal went abroad for a trip to France and flew back to the United States from Paris after his vacation.
When the plane landed in Minnesota, Crystal needed a transfer to return to his home city of Denver. According to theory, the journey is more than half, Crystal is also the arrow, so just hastily fill in the entry form, so can not wait to drag the luggage through the customs.
What never came to mind, however, was that just as he was about to board the plane home, Crystal was stopped! A customs officer forcibly withheld Crystal's carry-on bag and took out a plastic bag asking: why do you have fruit in your carry-on luggage and you don't declare it?
Crystal fixed his eyes on it, and couldn't laugh: in this bag, it was the apple in the meal of the plane that the airline gave to the pie when it was on its own plane.
(photo source: Daily Mail)
Crystal didn't care much about it, so she explained to customs that it was an airline meal for her, with airline logo, on it, if it violated immigration regulations, she could throw it away or eat it at the scene.
Instead of consulting Crystal's advice, the customs officer told her that she would be fined US $500 (about A $650) for violating immigration regulations and bringing fruit into the country!
(photo source: DailyMail)
Not only that, Crystal also received an unexpected "increase" that her global entry permit, (Global Entry Status), had also been abolished, which meant that she would find it difficult to leave the country in the future!
Crystal was sad and outraged, saying in an interview that airlines should not distribute fresh fruit to passengers on the plane first, and then should not have failed to inform passengers, and that the fruit of the flight meal was also required to be declared. What is even more chilling to her is the customs officer's attitude. "it is unfortunate that one must go through this because of an apple and be treated as a criminal."
(photo source: Daily Mail)
So far, Crystal has appealed the matter to the court, hoping the law will give it a fair outcome.
2. The real story that the editor met in Australia
Although what happened to the Crystal girl above is a bit wrong, to tell the truth, as a thrifty Chinese, a lot of times, a lot of flying meals can not finish taking off the plane. But from this story, we can see that when entering the country, we really have to be cautious about what we carry!
I was once faced with a situation where I was more innocent than the girl above, and the story was like this:
One time, from Shanghai to Sydney, the plane served bread and a small piece of butter. I didn't eat it, threw it away and slept on the plane. But when passing the customs, the customs found two pieces of butter in the small pocket of the boarding chassis, one that had been half-eaten, and one that had not yet been removed. I was stupid on the spot. I certainly didn't put it on the spot. I wanted to think about it. Maybe the middle-aged and elderly people of two strangers sitting in front of me didn't eat it, and then they wanted to take off the plane and put it in my boarding bag.? I was going to cry without tears, stuttering and customs brother explained. Fortunately, the customs brother I met this time was very talkative and let me throw away those two pieces of butter. Also because of this story, I will never take the chassis on the plane again, so the boxes are checked in. After all, there is no way to keep an eye on whether someone has put something in his suitcase. That's really killing people.
3. Gambling that Wang Qianjin had also "won the trick"
Similarly, a while ago, just retired "gambling king" Stanley Ho's three-bedroom daughter, known as "the most beautiful thousand gold" he Chaolian also because of a banana, almost refused to enter New Zealand!
In early January, he Chaolian flew from Hong Kong to New Zealand to record a Reality Show program for a brand. As a result, she was stopped by the Customs and Excise Department when she entered Hong Kong. Because, in the scanner, customs officers found her bag, unexpectedly hidden five bananas …
He Chaolian also expressed great embarrassment about this, guessing that it might be the servant of the family who helped pack the luggage, afraid that she had deliberately stuffed it in with hunger, but he Chaolian also did not know that he had declared it, almost because of these five bananas. I'll have to pack it up and go home!
Fortunately, customs officers in the Southern Hemisphere were more gentle, and eventually imposed a fine of only $400 (1880 yuan) on the beautiful woman, which allowed her to pass the border.
Afterwards, he Chaolian also had to laugh bitterly, "New Zealand is so strict, not to bring fruit into the country."
It seems that in front of the customs everyone is equal, in the prohibition of carrying fruit, it seems that even gamble Wang Qianjin can not exception ah!
Finally, the editor would like to remind you that carrying fresh fruit is not only restricted in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and other countries, but it is not even possible to bring it home. China's customs has very strict requirements for fines for bringing undeclared fresh fruit into the country: those carrying generally prohibited entry items will face an administrative penalty of not more than 5000 yuan, and if the circumstances are serious, the inspection and quarantine authorities will impose a fine of not more than 30, 000 yuan. It is even necessary to bear the corresponding criminal responsibility. In order for you to be able to enter the country smoothly, make sure you have fresh fruit, meat and eggs in your luggage before entering the country. Don't step on the minefield!