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Old Jan 5, 2015 | 5:43 am
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Originally Posted by irishguy28
Thanks - that's good to know.

Ever since a colleague had his purchases from the US confiscated when transferring at CDG, I've always played it extra safe - though I rarely buy duty free anyway.

I always use the buy-on-arrival facility in Australia, though.
I wonder if it had anything to do with purchases from the US?

I travelled BHX-CDG-VIE a couple of times last year and bought Whiskey (technically not duty free, as it was inside the EU) for a client. As before, it was in a sealed bag and I had no problems.
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