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A border crossing problem, Need HELP
Thug Life
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Ok, so me and the 4 people i'm going with are crossing the border from Canada and we want to bring lots of beer down with us. We're all "of age" in Canada but not in the states. Obviously a car with 5 teenage guys is gonna get searched by the border patrol and we need a way of smuggling in enough beer to last us 3 nights.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
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Now, I wonder if you could pull the old "Sorry officer, I didn't realize the law in the U.S." thing... I don't know if it'd work, and you'd probably lose all your alcohol if it did have to come to that, but if you really want to try bringing it over it would at least be a shot. Not that I'm promoting that of course.
In the end though, it might be better just to go without it. No sense in potentially getting...? I don't know, would they arrest you, would they have the jurisdiction to do so? I don't know what would happen, but it might not be worth it to find out. But whatever way you decide, good luck!
Anyway, anyone know any good ways to smuggle in beer in a car, just to be safe?
Let's see, how to make it safe... well, you could store it in normal luggage. Searching a car in the United States constitutes plain sight if I'm not mistaken (if anyone knows more than me on this please elaborate/correct me), but searching bags would probably require a warrant I'd guess. I could be totally off base though.
What you also could do is make it so that they would feel it would be very inconvenient for them to search your car. For instance, pack your car TIGHT with luggage, I mean TIGHT, with the alcohol in inconspicuous luggage bags on the very bottom of said pile. They might decide it's just not worth their time and let you pass. After all, these people are just overworked and underpaid employees like most people: if it's going to be inconvenient for them, they likely wouldn't bother with it unless you made yourself suspicious.
that's what I meant. The second you cross the border you'd technically be in illegal possession of alcohol. You could always try to say your uncle wanted some canadian beer in seattle, and you didn't know that it would be a problem, and maybe you'd get a nice crossing guard.