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gorkomi
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 Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 11:13 pm Post subject: Hemp Hearts |
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| Would I be able to travel in with a bag of hemp seed hearts? Obviously it's not considered a drug by any means in the West, but who knows what goes on in the minds of Saudi customs workers. |
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izmigari
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| but who knows what goes on in the minds of Saudi customs workers. |
I've actually held my ear up to a Sowdy ear. All I heard was wind whistling. |
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plumpy nut
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| It may occur to them to ask you what it is when they x-ray it. When you tell them hemp hearts, I wonder if they would know what hemp means? |
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Gulezar
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:34 am Post subject: Re: Hemp Hearts |
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| Would I be able to travel in with a bag of hemp seed hearts? Obviously it's not considered a drug by any means in the West, but who knows what goes on in the minds of Saudi customs workers. |
Rumor has it that Poppy Seed cakes make get stopped at the borders in some Gulf countries. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 4:05 am Post subject: Re: Hemp Hearts |
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| Would I be able to travel in with a bag of hemp seed hearts? Obviously it's not considered a drug by any means in the West, but who knows what goes on in the minds of Saudi customs workers. |
Do so at your own risk:
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l) Banned Products
For religious reasons, Saudi Arabia bans imports of alcoholic beverages, live swine, pork, and foodstuff ingredients or additives that contain pork products, including pork fat, and gelatin. Other banned products include meat of asses, mules, hinnies (fresh chilled, or frozen), frog legs, poppy seeds, hemp seeds, opium and hops and swine leather.
Source: Saudi Arabia 2013 Exporter Guide |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| Why risk it ? Leave it at home. |
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2buckets
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You could be stepping into your worst nightmare. Don't do it!
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1st Sgt Welsh
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| Never been to Saudi, but, I'd have to concur with the two posters above. It doesn't seem to me to pass the whole 'risk-benefit analysis' by a long-shot! Besides, once you get into the KSA, I've heard that 'stuff', at least in the larger cities, is very readily available on the black market and very easy to obtain. I'm not advocating anything and, once again, I've never been there, but, that's what I've heard from several Saudi veterans. |
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johnslat
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Dear gorkomi,
" . . . but who knows what goes on in the minds of Saudi customs workers."
Your question answers itself. No one can give you a "guarantee" that there won't be any problems for that very reason.
Better safe than sorry, I'd say.
Regards,
John |
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gregory999
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scot47
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| These guys think NURMEG is a dangerous drug. |
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MixtecaMike
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| These guys think NURMEG is a dangerous drug. |
A little jar of nutmeg from Bahrain was my only ever deliberate smuggling offence, and I got away with it. |
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2buckets
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| Nutmeg. |
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izmigari
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greatminds
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Nutmeg is for sale in Tamimi and probably Lulu too.  |
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