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Government Prepares Increased Customs Monitoring
Legislation is underway that grants the Icelandic Customs Authority increased authority to examine travellers’ luggage without prior consent, mbl.is reports. However, selected individuals will be notified retroactively. The bill is currently under preparation by the Ministry of Finance and published in the…
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Customs Charges On Birthday Food Parcel Cancelled
A Spanish resident of Iceland has enforced her right to avoid import duties on a package of food sent as a gift. The woman received the parcel of smoked meat, cheese and olives last June from her mother as a birthday present,…
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Cocaine Flood Continues In Iceland: More Seized Than Ever Before
Customs agents at the Keflavíkur International Airport have seized up to 31 kilograms of narcotics this year of which 23.5 kg are cocaine, which is more of the substance than was confiscated in the four years prior combined, reports Vísir. Around 1.5…
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Captain America Busted For Amphetamine Smuggling
Customs officials have seized a Captain America doll on its way into the country, after discovering it had been stuffed with amphetamines. According to an announcement from the Directorate of Customs, last month officials intercepted a UPS package from the Philippines at…
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Busted With Whale Bones In Luggage
A passenger coming from Iceland was stopped by customs at BWI airport and found to be in possession of whale bones. The Baltimore Sun reports that a passenger arriving at Baltimore-Washington International airport from Iceland was stopped by customs and found to…
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Chamber Of Commerce Wants Tolls On Food Ended
The Iceland Chamber of Commerce wants to see customs charges lifted off of imported food, which they say will save households about 76,000 ISK per year. In an announcement posted on their site, the Chamber of Commerce argues that doing away with…
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Sweeping Toll Eradication In The Works
The Ministry of Finance is prepared to get rid of nearly all customs charges over the next two years, with food as the sole exception. Kjarninn reports that the ministry will be making the change in two steps. Customs charges on clothing…
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Mystery Of Weed-Stuffed “Dildo” Solved
The owner of the weed-filled “dildo” found by customs last month got in touch with the Grapevine to give us the full story on what really happened and why (read her full letter at the bottom of this post). As reported last month, customs…
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Weed-Stuffed Dildo Confiscated From Norræna Ferry
Customs officials in the northeast village of Seyðisfjörður confiscated a mysterious dildo filled with marijuana, which they have since handed over to police. Árni Elísson, a customs official in the village where the Norræna Ferry from Denmark and the Faroe Islands docks,…
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Duck Blood And Crocodile Heads Unwelcome In Iceland
If you were considering trying to bring a dried crocodile head to Iceland, we have some bad news for you. Iceland’s Customs Authority announced that a litre and a half of duck blood, a dried crocodile head (seen above), and raw eggs…
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Ólafur Arnalds: “Customs Essentially Telling Us To Fake A Receipt”
Musician Ólafur Arnalds has been unable to pick up a painting, gifted by a friend and sent to Iceland via mail, from the customs office , because an official receipt for the work does not exist, reports Vísir. As the painting was…
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Pet Cockroaches Seized By Customs
Icelandic Customs Officers recently seized 3 Madagascar cockroaches in a plastic container, reports RÚV. A foreign traveller brought them over and was stopped at the airport on his way into the country and informed the Customs Officers that they were his pets.…
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Seized LSD Increases Over Tenfold
Nearly 8,000 doses of LSD have been confiscated by Icelandic customs authorities this year, in contrast to just 10 doses in 2012. The Directorate of Customs reports that the amount of LSD seized by authorities has increased dramatically. In 2010, 510 doses…