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Originally Posted by john_ny
As a retired Navy oficer, I can assure you that each time we brought an airplane back into the U. S. we went through a customs/agriculture inspection just like anyone else.
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I have weekly contact with customers who either maintain, travel on, or fly military cargo vessels to and from the Philippines and similar destinations. I can assure you that smuggling is commonplace. I have people who show up with a suitcase straight off the aircraft, open it up, and ask questions about the plants they've just brought in.