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- From: andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Holyer)
- Subject: Re: 1993 and duty free allowances
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.140653.15999@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Sussex
- References: <1993Jan18.093531.7474@edscom.demon.co.uk> <1993Jan18.121837.18025@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:06:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan18.121837.18025@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
- >
- >... Customs and Excise
- >have very strong powers - they have a right to enter and search
- >any premises where they believe excise is being avoid without
- >any warrant - i.e. they have significantly stronger powers than
- >the police in this area.
- >
- Close, but it's even more scary than that. All officers of HM Customs
- and Excise are issued with what's called a "warrent card" - that's what makes
- them an offiece of C&E. My father never gave his back when he retired -
- it's a *really* impressive document, and essentially it amounts to a perpetual
- and totally open search warrent valid anywhere in the british isles. Hence
- they don't need to get a warrent to search your house, like the police do -
- they've already got one.
-
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