Originally Posted by FlyingUnderTheRadar
The second part is for flying in. And in this case your friends should not have had there booze taken unless they were over the limit.
Originally Posted by MileageAddict
From the Utah DABC Liquor Website also:
A person coming from a foreign country who clears U.S. customs in Utah may possess, for personal consumption, two liter bottles of liquor purchased outside of Utah.
So the question becomes ... how do the OP's friends receive recompense for their loss? If the above is true, OP's friends should not have had their liquor confiscated, and are entitled to some kind of compensation for the loss?