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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/04/15 22:43, Set Hallström wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:37 PM,
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Also one more question. <br>
It's probably that I can't take a laptop with me
(I have issues with the one I'm testing and don't
know if there are problems with so many check
points you have to pass travelling by plane
nowadays).<br>
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<div>I recently traveled in and out of Berlin with a laptop,
an mpc, a critter and gitari bolsbass, a TT-303 and a DSLR
camera. In to germany was no problem. Out of germany i had
to give all my machines to the agents. They passed all my
machines in a chemical test, using some soft pad that they
swiped all the boxes with and then put the pad in a big
machine to see if there was drugs or explosive hidden
inside. It took me some 25 minutes extra. I think its
worth thinking about it and go early if you take
electronics with you. The agents were very nice i must
say. Althou i was a bit nervous that my machines would
keep traces from hrm.... my casual flower consumation...
Especialy on the mpc pads.... </div>
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<div>But everyting went smooth and fine. They didn't even
ask me to turn them on.</div>
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It is very common how that they will get you to take any electrical
items out of your hand luggage and put them through the xray machine
separately. I would expect this to be the case for nay major
checkpoint in Europe now. Swab tests are apparently only for
explosives, they don't care about trace amounts of drugs, or so the
customs official told me but he could well have been lying. If
taking much electrical gear definitely try and give yourself the
maximum check-in time possible at these borders.<br>
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Well that's my view from personal experience anyway. Maybe somebody
will have had an experience to contract it...<br>
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Good luck and enjoy LAC everybody.<br>
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D<br>
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