December 23, 2004
Playing Hide the Salami down under
A Lesson to be learned: Don't play hide salami with Australian Airport Officials. You'll get slapped back with a $4000 fine.
A swiss foreign exchange student returning to Australia was found with 400 grams of Sausage in his luggage after telling officials that he was not carrying any food. A Perth Magistrate has fined Dylan Pascal Graves on the charges of knowingly making a misleading statement to an officer, and knowingly importing a prohibited food into the country.
This is supposed to serve as a warning to others that importing these meats might spread foot and mouth disease. Graves defense? He didn't declare it because was planning on eating it.
Posted by Bryant at December 23, 2004 06:09 PM
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