The video has been viewed tens of thousands of times and garnered many comments on Facebook. It was posted Friday by a traveler who returned from Turkey and who is currently in confinement in a hotel in Rouiba, east of Algiers.
The man claims to have traveled Thursday, June 17 from Turkey. It was therefore aboard Turkish Airlines that he made his flight. The Turkish airline operates a weekly flight every Thursday between Istanbul and Algiers.
“I brought with me 60 chocolate bars”
The traveler claims to have been manhandled by a customs officer because of a ” chocolate bar ». « I brought with me 60 chocolate bars (from the Damak brand). I was in the room like all travelers, the customs officer asked me what I was carrying. I told him it was chocolate. He then began to take the shelves out of my luggage », He affirmed.
The traveler claims that customs officials confiscated 50 of the 60 tablets he was carrying. But “ they wrote 25 on the voucher they gave me He adds. ” Why did you write 25 when you took 50? he asks himself. The cameras recorded everything », He emphasizes.
« Why this hogra? I have 12 brothers. If I give each of them three tablets, it will be 39.! I exceeded the authorized quota? No problem. Enter it but put it in the document “, He continues, calling on the director of customs to open an investigation. The traveler says he will file a complaint as soon as he comes out of confinement.
Algiers airport: customs reaction
On Tuesday, the Directorate General of Customs announced, via a press release, that it had opened an investigation and sent a commission of inquiry to inquire into the ins and outs of this affair.
Noting “ the taking of the necessary administrative precautionary measures “, The same source assures that” the Algerian Customs services, ensure through all border posts to guarantee a professional public customs service to all their users in strict and total compliance with the legal and regulatory provisions in force ».
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