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Old Dec 24, 2013 | 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by jphripjah
I've seen CBP officers standing on the jetbridge waiting to arrest a passenger when getting off an international flight. That's probably what it was.
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CBP routinely meets incoming flights and checks pax docs in the jetway/airbridge well before they get to the formal "arrivals hall" for processing. Sometimes it is targeted, sometimes random. Dogs are often part of the process.
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