I was curious to know how drivers and trucks are selected for secondary inspections at Canadian/US Customs. I assume they are random inspections, but are there other circumstances that may lead to being pulled in? For example: Hauling specific freight, shipper or receiver is deemed suspicious or has a past history of unsavory behavior, driver appearance, not declaring goods from Duty Free, loads out of drug trafficking areas, etc. I was pulled in two months ago at Canada Customs and their reasoning was that I did not declare a carton of cigarettes I had purchased going in to the US. Truthfully I don't recall the agent in the booth ever asking if I had anything to declare and I ended up having to wait around two hours while they searched my truck, my cargo box and almost certainly my driving and criminal history (of which I have none). It wasn't really a big deal, I ended up having to pay taxes on that carton of cigarettes which amounted to $33.xx, but the long wait allowed my 14 hour clock to expire and I couldn't make the 1.5 hour drive home. Ah well. Part of the business I suppose. Was just curious to know how the process works, although I understand each case is different and is not likely to be disclosed to the driver at the present time.
Secondary Inspections at Customs
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by EverywhereMan, Jun 14, 2013.
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