An experience similar to Manda's

[beachgirl66]

I was searched in Toronto two years ago. I had traveled with a girlfriend (only for the flights) but our travelling together ended at Sangsters.. she went to stay with her husband and went to visit with a friend; we stayed in a guest house. When entering Toronto I guess they thought because we didn't do the typical resort vacation that we were suspect... The asked me where I stayed and with whom... same as Manda. The funny thing was the look on the woman who was searching my belongings when she asked me what I did for a living... I told her I worked for a large hospital and I was an Addictions Counsellor... she barely searched me after that.

I wonder if I'll be searched this december when it will be my fourth visit down this year (maybe fifth if I can squeeze it in).

I think if you are single/white/female/visiting a male/travelling solo.. i think there is a big target.

[Manda81]

I'm very interested to see what my PNR information is that was collected from that flight and shared with CBSA so I have filled out the application and am sending it in. I will share the info because I think it might be a source of information or understanding just how much these situations are documented.

[rastagal]

Amazingly enough I get hassled the most leaving Mobay...they always want ME to haul my 60 pound bag on top of one of those long white cafeteria looking tables so they can look through my clothes??? I always look at the lady like " Do you know how much this thing weighs !?!!".

I always think I'm going to get stopped at customs in the US after they see my passport with the bazillion Jamaica stamps, but I always get lucky...thank goodness. I might have to put up a fight if they try to take all the bottles of Rum Cream I have wrapped up in towels in my luggage!

[Ibirie]

On my first trip to Jamaica in 1990 for Sunsplash I witnessed a couple of guys get arrested.........in Mexico! We were on a Funjet chartered Continental flight from Montego Bay to Houston. Right after take off, the guy in front of us decided he wanted to listen to his jam box and was trying to tune in a Jamaican radio station. The flight attendant came back and very nicely told him he needed to turn it off. His reply was "F@$k You, Bi@%&. I paid for my ticket. I'll do whatever I want" The flight attendant looked quite shocked and just walked off. The guy then started giving his buddy high fives and saying "Yea, I told that Bi@#&". About 5 minutes later the Captain came back and was not near as polite. He told the guy "First you are in violation of FAA regulations. Second your radio can cause problems with our instruments and therefore, you are putting everybody in this flight in danger. And third you DO NOT speek to any member of my crew like that". The guy gave the Captain the same response but followed it with a nice "What the F&$k are you going to do about it?" Well, the captain calmly turned around and headed back to the cockpit. The idiot then starts again with the high fives and tough talk with his buddy. His tough guy act stopped real quick. DING! "This is your captain speaking. I am sorry to inform you that we have a passenger who refuses to comply with FAA regulations. Therefore, we are going to have to make a unscheduled stop in Cancun, Mexico to ask him to get off the plane"

Well the guy did turn of the radio but kept telling his buddy "He's just bluffing". You should have seen the look on his face when we started our descent. He immediately jumped up and headed for the bathroom (everyone assumed he was flushing something). We landed in CanCun and as soon as the plane came to a stop it was surrounded by police and soldiers. Some very unpleasant looking guys came on and escorted the idiot and his buddy off the plane. We sat on the runway in that hot plane (it was June) for over 3 hours before we were able to take off again (without the idiot and his buddy).

About a year later my two friends and I were subpoenaed by the FBI and had to give testimony to the U.S. Attorney. We heard a while later that the idiot ended up getting 3 years in prison and his buddy got 18 months. I imagine if he had puld this stunt post 9/11 he would have been given a much longer sentence and possibly one in Cuba...

[Lady Jane]

WOW! Love how the captain shut him the F up! LOL

[Lola]

Ibirie, you tell a good story!

[kenje31]

Wow, so glad to see I am not the only one to get patted down on a regular basis! The past two years I have travelled to Jamaica twice in 2011 and twice in 2010. This had not been a problem until this last trip since I was travelling alone! I am amazed that I can go through all of the security clearances at multiple airports, get my bages wiped down for cocaine, have to put all of my items down again at the gate and be patted down again, oh wait, plus take off my shoes to be inspected one more time as well. That is just at Mo bay airport..............Next I will arrive at another airport where I have to go through all of this over again even though I have not left the airport, plus pack my alcohol now into my checked bag before I put it back on the line to reach my final destination...........Finally I will make it to my final airport Detroit. The only problem is I am a Canadian, therefore I need to cross the border to Windsor and one more time answer the same questions over and over to the customs officer and once they are taking their time I know I am being pulled in. "Do you know where to go?" I say yes. I pull in and they proceed to search my bags and purse one more time for good measure! I am amazed that they think I would lie or that all of the other security I have been through would have missed anything if I had tried to bring anything back.........This won't stop me from travelling to Negril twice each year. Good luck to all!

[Sweet_Dawta]

I was stripped and cavity searched. No other encounter in my life has been that horrible and only once online.

My father passed so I had back to back trips, a week apart. I tried to explain a heart attack has a mind of its own and did not care about timing or how it would look to immigration. They took me in a small room with a small chair and told me to get undress. Man, was I glad I was wearing clean and pretty underwear. A strip search doesn't stop there so I will leave the rest to your imagination with a mean looking B!t@@ by the name of Bertha! IT WAS HORRIBLE!

[Lapurr]

OMG Marko, lol...that's insane!
Dawta, how horrible..Bertha...really? chit mon! I feel for you! can you refuse a cavity search and ask for an x-ray instead??what a total invasion!

[jx2]

Can someone explain what the drug tests are for. Are they to see if you may need further investigating or??? What could they do if one was to test positive for drugs, but didn't have anything on or in them?