What kind of things can i NOT take across the us/canada border?

Question

What kind of things can i NOT take across the us/canada border?

Answer 1

no illegal aliens in the trunk, no unregistered concealed weapons.

Answer 2

drugs,i think plants,animals anything that can have a virus. also if youve had a DUI they wont let u into canada.

Answer 3

Intelligence. You'll cause allergic reactions in Americans if you bring that stuff in.

Answer 4

Achool,Illegal substances,unregistered guns,anyone without a passport or birth certificate,anything obviously illegal(bodies bombs certain chemicals some types of meds) and potatoes(not even kidding)

Answer 5

Meats, fruits, vegetables, drugs, pirated software (US), exotic animals, bulk items to be sold as merchandise (without a permit), certain kinds of over the counter medicines, certain kinds of alcohol, etc.

This is a list of things inadmissible to the US:

Absinthe (Alcohol)

Automobiles

Biologicals

Ceramic Tableware

Cultural Artifacts and Cultural Property (Art/Artifacts)

Dog and Cat Fur

Drug Paraphernalia

Firearms

Fish and Wildlife

Food Products (Prepared)

Fruits and Vegetables

Game and Hunting Trophies

Gold

Meats, Livestock, and Poultry

Medication

Merchandise from Embargoed Countries

Pets

Plants and Seeds

Soil

Textiles and Clothing

Trademarked and Copyrighted Articles

source:http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacati...

Things inadmissible to Canada:

    * Firearms and weapons

    * Explosives, fireworks, and ammunition

    * Vehicles

    * Goods subject to import controls

    * Food products, plants and animals

    * Endangered species

    * Cultural property

    * Prohibited goods

    * Used or second-hand mattresses

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/...

Answer 6

dont bring yer accent if you say "eh" after everything.

Answer 7

Go to canada customs website (google it)

Answer 8

The obvious, illegal drugs.

I'm not sure about alcohol... I think you are able to take it over.  Fruits and vegetables I believe so.

Answer 9

Drugs and other type of illegal things and illegal alien residents.

Answer 10

There is a department of the US Government called the Government Accountability Office (equivalent to our auditor general position) that wrote a report about getting across the border without going through Customs and Immigration. You can find the report here and it is rather interesting.

They try to write the report in a way that potential readers have no way of exploiting the information embedded within, but they give out enough information for some pretty good leads. Specifically, the thing that jumped at me is that while the border security concerning the transport of vehicles is relatively good, the transport of people by foot across the Canada-USA border is quite porous and is unlikely to be detected.

Although sensors exist at the border (this is not mentioned in the report), they are not scattered densely enough to be comprehensive. In addition, animals have a nasty tendency to not pay attention to international boundaries and if you’re somebody at the CBP looking at sensor tripping reports, you wouldn’t have any way of differentiating between deers and humans crossing where you have the sensors.

It is also too expensive to have infrared satellites continuously scanning the border in real-time for intrusions. Although this can technically be done, it probably isn’t worth the huge costs to do it real-time. However, non-real time infrared satellite activity can yield very nice fruit. Most prominently was the July 2005 bust of the Aldergrove/Lynden drug tunnel that went underneath the ground just east of the legal border crossing on 264 St and 0 Ave.

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7 Responses to “Getting across the USA-Canada border illegally”

Tony Says:

October 4th, 2007 at 11:42 pm

What about catapulting things across the border?

Sacha Says:

October 5th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

As funny as this sounds, it could probably be done once you get your calculations correct. You could reliably throw things about 50 meters. I don’t think this is enough to do house-to-house, however.

At a distance of 100 meters, however… again, it’s just about doing it reliably.

Tony Says:

October 5th, 2007 at 1:37 pm

This article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet has some details on trebuchets …

Tony Says:

October 5th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

The money quotation:

“T-Wrecks, a trebuchet with a more contemporary design, can throw pianos weighing 230 kg (500 lbs) over 150 m (500 ft). In England a group of farmers threw a car close to 120 m (400 ft) and a 250 litre (55 Imperial gallon, 66 US gallons) drum filled with gasoline over 300 m (1000 ft).” Hmmm …

Sacha Says:

October 5th, 2007 at 1:44 pm

Somehow I would think setting one of these things up would make you susceptible to getting smart bombed by some F-18’s patrolling the border… ideally the device would be camouflaged. I don’t know how you would camouflage a trebuchet that can propel things 300 meters! Not that catapults are any better.

Raven Says:

October 5th, 2007 at 3:21 pm

An underground rail cannon should be pretty easy to hide :-)

Tony Says:

October 5th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

I propose we start by annexing Oroville

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.93...

Fresh water, short supply lines, cover by rail cannon, and large supply of angry fruit farmers nearby.

Honestly, I bet the US defense department does NOT anticipate an army of granite-throwing trebuchets backed up by advance rail cannon fire power. An unconventional army indeed … by the time they revise their tactics, Spokane will be ours!

Answer 11

drugs, firearms, foreign plants/animals

i know for a fact you cant bring fruit from canada into the US...I just came back from a family reunion and my aunt tried to take mangoes from Canada into Detroit and she got them taken away.....

Answer 12

Drugs, Weapons, p**n, Plants, Meds

Answer 13

fruits, vegetables and drugs

Answer 14

i dont think they check

haha

ive been through the  border before and i dont remember them checking

Answer 15

f you are a Canadian travelling to the United States just for the day (less than 24 hours), no exemption applies to the goods you bring back to Canada. You will have to pay the regular duty and taxes on those goods.

Length of absence from Canada $ Exemption

(The value of goods you can bring back duty-free and tax-free to Canada) Alcohol products Tobacco products

Less than 24 hours $0 Not applicable Not applicable

24 hours   $50

Note: If the goods you bring in are worth more than CAN$50 in total, you cannot claim the 24-hour exemption. Instead you will have to pay the full applicable duties and taxes on all the goods you bring in. Not applicable Not applicable

48 hours $400 Only ONE of the following items can be imported both duty-free and tax-free:

    * 1.5 litres (53 imperial ounces) of wine;

    * 1.14 litres (40 ounces) of liquor;

    * a total of 1.14 litres (40 ounces) of wine and liquor; or

    * 24 x 355 millilitre (12 ounces) cans or bottles (maximum of 8.5 litres) of beer or ale.

All of the following items can be imported both duty-free and tax-free:

    * 200 cigarettes;

    * 50 cigars or cigarillos;

    * 200 grams (7 ounces) of manufactured tobacco; and

    * 200 tobacco sticks.

7 days $750 Same as 48-hour absence Same as 48-hour absence

Answer 16

drugs, bombs, dead bodies, ummm crack.

Answer 17

drugs

Answer 18

If ur going to canada,u cant take a bannner that says "I HATE CANDIANS!"

Answer 19

well, you're NOT suppose to take fruits, veggies, plants, or any meats through the border BUT... just try.  hide it.

if they ask you if you have anything you can just say no.

i've gone through countless times with peameal bacon, plants, fruit, you name it and they NEVER check me.

when in doubt you can always say you didn't even know it was there since people were in and out of your vehicle so much while you were up there and all they will do is take it from you and dispose of it at the border.  they took an orange from me once but it was up in the front seat and i admitted to "just and orange" and he took it from me.  no big deal.

also... something they have in canada that they don't have in the US... besides Peameal Bacon ( yumm yumm !! ) they have Trilliums.  Trilliums are the provincial flower and it's against the law to pick them... you have to leave them in the wild.  Here in New Jersey they have them in hanging planters... such a shame !!