Originally Posted by
KARFA
there is always the red phone for customs declarations. i have certainly seen customs officers in t3 near the exit before - not often but certainly a few times over the years. unlike strictly domestic flights like LM with no customs requirement, BA flights will have a number of folks who have done an int-dom connection at LHR and those people formally do customs at their domestic destination (MAN, NCL, EDI etc.).
With hand baggage only there's no customs presence whatsoever? Unless they have intelligence the only place they might be is by the designaged international baggage reclaim belt. I think we just stopped trying?