- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
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Warm welcome from customs officers
- Customs, Excise and Service Tax
- Customs Check and Clearance
- Paid INR 3,000
I am an NRI returning home after 2 years. I arrived at the ********** ********** International airport on 12/27/2011. The customs officer on duty had spotted me and asked me to pay an excise tax of Rs.36000 for carrying a 4 year old SLR camera along with me. When questioned on the reason for this - he brought in another officer (who called himself Mr.********** from the intelligence dept) to support this. Mr.********** and the officer in duty offered me 3 different choices - pay an excise tax of 36000; leave the camera with them and pay storage charges until my return; compromise appropriately. They did not like the US $15 I offered, and after a long debacle of 1 hr - forced me to give in for US $60.