Originally Posted by
flyerCO
Had nothing to do with US customs. Rather was about DL being required to inspect luggage due to US security rules and Nigerian President wanting bags only screened in back via whatever system they use that US doesn't approve of. Partially was to stop Nigerian customs officers from ransacking bags and demanding bribes. Nothing to do with US customs.
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Now I'm really confused.
If GE members (or any pax) on flights from Nigeria are being singled out for special searches by CBP on arrival in the US, then that certainly does have to do with US customs. And US customs is not charged with the responsibility of screening bags for aviation security threats, their responsibility is to prevent contraband coming into the US. Searching bags in the US is going to do nothing to deter Nigerian baggage handlers from stealing.
I could understand this occasionally if CBP was acting on semi-specific knowledge, ie, they've been tipped that someone is smuggling something into the country, probably on flight XX. Or perhaps they've got an insider tip that folks are using GE and the hope of reduced bag searches to smuggle.