UAE PASSENGERS GETS WARNINGS NOT TO ACCEPT BAGS OF STRANGERS

  • 04/04/2021

The UAE’s Federal Customs Authority (FCA) has warned travellers not to exchange or receive luggage  luggage from unknown people without knowing the content in the bags as this could land them in trouble .This was announced by the FCA recently in an elaborate advisory and tips for travellers to ensure a safe and risk-free journey.

Like all countries across the globe, the customs authorities have also banned many items that passengers cannot carry when flying into the UAE.Some of the prohibited and restricted items include narcotics, gambling tools/machines, nylon fishing nets, live animals of pig species, raw ivory, laser pens with the red-light package, fake and counterfeited currency, substances contaminated nuclear rays and dust, publications, pictures, religiously offensive or immoral drawings and stone sculptures, as well as chewing substances, including betel leaves.The FCA emphasised that travellers, who are caught smuggling, would be subject to a fine, imprisonment or both penalties could run concurrently.

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