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It's awesome how you can't bring produce down but it's okay to bring it back up! Canada is expensive, but good thing the states is so close by to Vancouver!

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Originally Posted by Ferra (Post 7979713)

The couple was probably talking back at the agents hence why they got arrested... border and custom agents tend to be very egoistic

The couple were two gay guys, amiright? Could it be the border guard was homophobic?

I would be all over it if I were them. Play the gay card.

For those who didn't read OP's link.. here are some clarifying points...

FYI: Sweeney is the guy who brought the eggs over

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But once inside, Sweeney said border staff later brushed off the offence and merely told them never to bring the Kinder Surprise eggs across the border again.

Milne said officers do not usually fine travellers for carrying the chocolates, but they do normally confiscate them. Roughly 60,000 Kinder eggs were seized last year.

However, Sweeney said the contraband treats in his car were not confiscated, allowing him and his husband to share them with their family and friends back home.

"If it was so important that we be stopped and scolded and threatened with thousands of dollars in fines, you'd think it would at least be important enough for them to take (the Kinder eggs), but they didn't," he said

Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous story indicated the men were held in a detention centre, when in fact they were held at a port of entry