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Originally Posted by ken0042
So in your mind the ends always justify the means? Myself as somebody who has never done anything illegal at the border; it does scare me the power that some customs officials have.
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What means. They went through their normal procedures. Got the dog to snifff the vehicle, that likely gave them reason to check the vehicle further which is when they drilled holes - their only wrongdoing was not offering a lawyer.
When you come across the border, no matter what you are subject to searches. When you travel to the US from Canada about 30% of the time your luggage is sniffed and possibly opened - I have seen it happen. If they find something the luggage isnt loaded and then I dont know what happens. If something isnt found then its taped back up and closed and a little sticker that says this item was checked by customs is applied.
The suspicious activity combined with the dog and probably combined wither other methos are the reason the vehicle was towed. As said earlier, if they had found nothing then they would be responsible for the costs (I never knew that) and then the person could have sued for whatever.
Their only rights violations seems to be the lack of offering a lawyer.
MYK