On 08/04/15 22:43, Set Hallström wrote:


On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Carlos sanchiavedraz <csanchezgs@gmail.com> wrote:

Also one more question.
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).

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.... 

But everyting went smooth and fine. They didn't even ask me to turn them on.


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.

Well that's my view from personal experience anyway. Maybe somebody will have had an experience to contract it...

Good luck and enjoy LAC everybody.

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