A'ternoon, all 
I received a PM yesterday from an EADDer I've known for several years. He's asked if I could post this thread on his behalf as his situation is kinda iffy. Obviously I cannot personally vouch for what he said but I can say he is somebody who knows a thing or two about RCs and related matters and whom I also have a lot of trust in in general
Anyhoo, it relates to people who ordered RCs from overseas vendors before they were banned but never received them cos they got stuck at customs. It's probably easiest if I tell you some of what he told me...
The person in question got nobbled by this very ruse and asked me to pass on a heads-up. Hopefully it won't affect many cos so little gets stuck at customs, but just in case... Got no more details than that really but will pass on anything else I hear.
I received a PM yesterday from an EADDer I've known for several years. He's asked if I could post this thread on his behalf as his situation is kinda iffy. Obviously I cannot personally vouch for what he said but I can say he is somebody who knows a thing or two about RCs and related matters and whom I also have a lot of trust in in general
Anyhoo, it relates to people who ordered RCs from overseas vendors before they were banned but never received them cos they got stuck at customs. It's probably easiest if I tell you some of what he told me...
The police are currently running an extremely underhand operation, where goods imported legally, pre-ban, that did not make it through customs are being repackaged and delivered, after the ban, by officers disguised as postmen. Nothing groundbreaking but they are using it as an excuse to immediately arrest whoever signs for the package, regardless of whether or not they open it, and then trash the house and seize computers/phones etc.
The person in question got nobbled by this very ruse and asked me to pass on a heads-up. Hopefully it won't affect many cos so little gets stuck at customs, but just in case... Got no more details than that really but will pass on anything else I hear.
