OSLO (Reuters) - Passengers arriving at Norway's busiest airports can declare their additional tipple or cigarettes to an automatic teller instead of a customs officer in what Oslo says is a world first.
"This will enable us to use our personnel to fight more serious smuggling," Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen was quoted as saying by daily Aftenposten.
Halvorsen, arriving from abroad, was the first to use the automatic customs machine, which became operational on April 1.
Public NRK television said she declared an extra bottle of wine, and pictures showed she paid the duty by bank card before walking out with a receipt in her hand.
I am usually against duties and all, but this seems better than having some asswipe open your case and ask redundant questions.
Like the time at the Canadien border where they opened my carry-on
case which obviously had a ton of vitamin and prescription bottles in it, just to ask what was in there! DOH!Drugs and shit says I, OK go ahead says he.Some security huh?I could have had 250,000$ worth of heroin and they just skated me by. OY! BC
a lil Eazy E for the hardcore fans in da house...
