They were lucky. My niece had a mango in her luggage and her mother was fined $250. I can’t remember if it was JFK or PHL.
One time I was clearing customs...I cannot remember which airport...maybe ATL.
Cute dog sat down on my bag. And saw the officers trigger finger start twitching.
Thought to myself oh (insert inappropriate language of your choice here)
Threw my hands up and started scream that's not my bag...I never seen the bag in my life...someone gave me that bag and asked me to carry it for them...I swear...I thought for sure I was about beat down from the "we don't want you here" welcoming committee. 🤪
In all seriousness, dog sat down on my bag and the customs officer politely asked me to sit my bag down and then asked me if I could search it. I told them sure. Got nothing to hide.
Dey tore my bag up. Thew my stuff all over the place. Turned my bag upside down and dumped all of my personal items on the floor. It was quite the scene.
In all seriousness, they searched my bag and found nothing.
The officer said something to the effect of curious, she is usually very accurate.
I thought to myself...I bet dat bitch usually is...But I don't be riding dirty.
So both the officer and I pondered a bit. And then the light came on. I told the officer that when they announced we were on final. I remembered I had a banana in my bag so I ate it and and disposed of the peel. I told the officer that is probably what she is hitting on. So, as it turns out the bitch was extremely accurate.
Lesson learned...
