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Mar 30, 2023 | 12:49 am

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percysmith

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Originally Posted by Butts

Once again we are talking "checked baggage" what's your interpretation in relation to hand baggage only that has no tags or identifiable point of departure ?

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Originally Posted by percysmith

- if you land in LHR on an I-I connection with HBO, your customs clearance takes place in LHR. Anecdotally it is not likely there's sufficient Border Force presence to carry out random inspections, but they have the right to, and the right to intercept.
- If you land in LHR on an I-D connection with HBO, your customs clearance also takes place in LHR. Any contraband they seize after at NCL may not be punishable.

I think there's a third case to be discussed where OP is HBO, checked through to I-D and doesn't attempt to land in LHR. As said below, he's liable to be intercepted at either LHR post-UK border or at NCL. If he doesn't attempt to land then either seems feasible - 'where can he buy 4,000 cigarettes in LHR?"

Last edited by percysmith; Mar 30, 2023 at 2:51 am

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