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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 11:13 pm
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Originally Posted by CApreppie
I think US Customs expects people to answer "No." What Customs agents are trained to do is look for people who are lying when they say "no" by body language, speech, etc. Not sure what the punishment would be though if one asnwered yes or was found to be lying. Perhaps someone else can post that.
I think you're right... since AMS has a lot of weed/coke/ecstacy around, by gauging your reactions to those questions, I suspect he's seeing if you really were up to anything else on your way back.

I'm sorta used to it driving from Mexico back here, get the same question 4 times.. it can get irritating but they wanna hear if you can't get your story straight. Be patient, be calm... because if you're not, it can be a long afternoon in secondary.
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