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Record Volume Of Cannabis Confiscated In 2024
According to RÚV, the Icelandic police and Customs Office confiscated a record volume of cannabis in 2024. The amount totalled 283 kilograms, based on preliminary data. In 2023, 210 kg were confiscated; while 141 kg was seized in 2022 and 2021. A…
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Ragnar Kjartansson’s Art Pieces Not Art, According To Directorate Of Customs
Following a recent customs ruling, artist Ragnar Kjartansson needs to pay value-added tax for a hundred salt and pepper shakers imported to Iceland. The artist designed a thousand copies of porcelain salt and pepper shakers intended for his art installations. The objects…
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Customs Crack Down On Shipments Of Melatonin
If there is no rest for the wicked, the wicked make sure to have a stock of melatonin ready on their bedside table. If said wicked live in Iceland, however, it might turn out to be a little bit more complicated than…
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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…