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Old Aug 30, 2017, 8:46 am
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damaxer91
 
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Originally Posted by Ditto
What is wrong with sending a carton box as checked-in luggage?

When I was living in Israel for a bit, I used to bring cases of Diet Dr Pepper and Cherry Coke Zero back to hoard in my office. I once got stopped in customs and the customs agent figured that since nobody in their right mind checks in cans of soda, I must be smuggling something in them. So he opened one up and I challenged him to drink it. He downed the whole can and admitted that they didn't have such good soda in Israel
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