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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 5:59 am
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Originally Posted by Doc Savage
You have about a one in five million chance of them being interested in your laptop. Do NOT put it in your checked luggage. First, it may get stolen. Second, it has a lithium battery.
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And even if CBP were going to be interested in the OP's laptop, putting it in the checked bag wouldn't avoid that as one must bring all bags, including checked, through customs anyway.
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