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Airport security stealing our stuff coming from Cuba?
I hear story after story, about security in airports raiding luggage and stealing things people bring from Cuba. My mother recently came from a trip to Cuba and when she got here, security searched though her bag and took all she brought. I think this is abuse and the sole purpose of it being done, is so the personnel in the airports can have a nice drink of our cuban wine or make a profit by selling something we paid for. They stole 3 bottles of wine, 4 bottles of rum, bag of peppers and 6 bottles of medication from my mother in Miami International Airport, they even laughed while they did this, they must have been happy imagining the nice drinks they were going to have that night. If anyone knows about reporting this, or somewhere we can complain please let me know.
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- casey sLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Your mother was way over allowable limits for alchol and any foodstuffs like peppers is illegal because of agricultural contamination. Your mothers stuff was confiscated because she broke the law not cuz thay like doin it.
And on a side note Cuba produces no wine.
If alcohol was confiscated from your mother it is destroyed in front of her by breaking the seals and pouring it down the sink. I dont think you are telling the whole story here.
If it is true that products were confiscated from your mother she will have been given the chance to pay the duty on the alchol and if she refused then the products are confiscated and destroyed so she will have a receipt of any action taken by customs. if she wants tell her to get a lawyer and sue.
But you live in Florida for gods sake not communist russia the types of abuses of which you speak are non existant.
- Highly FavouredLv 71 decade ago
Obviously your mother would not tell lies. it beats me why they would take the medication when it is of no use to them. I know that you are only allowed a limited amount of alcohol but they could have made her pay for it instead of taking all. As for the peppers you are not allowed to bring in those kind of stuff. They should have sent her to get them checked. Maybe they have something personal against Cuban residents or Cuba since they laughed as they did this. That is not nice. You should be able to launch a report but you might be wasting your time.
Do not mind the people that are so negative and the ones that called her stupid. Some people have nothing good to say about people.
- 1 decade ago
You are talking nonsense
Like someone says Cuba does produce wine, but why buy it? Why would they take medication,
and please tell me where she bought the peppers from because we in Cuba can not buy these.
Source(s): live in Cuba - houglandLv 44 years ago
it is not basically the TSA, yet airport and airline workers that have get right of entry to on your checked bags, so which you won't be able to positioned all the blame on the TSA for products lacking from bags. i does no longer difficulty too plenty approximately theft as long as you do no longer positioned something effective on your examine-in bags. i've got flown on many hundreds of flights, by no potential positioned something effective in my checked bags and have by no potential had something stolen.
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- BeardoLv 71 decade ago
Under OFAC rules, it is illegal to bring back anything from Cuba apart from information materials and artwork.
US Customs are legally entitled to seize anything brought back illegally.
About all you can do is appeal to your congressmen to change the law.
PS Cuba does produce wine - it's not very good, though. Casey - I am sure it is illegal to import any Cuban rum.






