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Offline Steve A

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2017, 22:59:14 PM »
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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2017, 23:12:20 PM »
If it was him that found the coins and not his children then it would look like he's trying to cover himself,

As I understand it they were in his luggage so what does it matter who found them.

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2017, 23:53:46 PM »
He couldn't find ancient coins in most countries and expect to be able to leave the country with them - including if he'd found them in the UK.

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2017, 07:14:01 AM »
I know people who have had beach stones confiscated  at Dalaman  Airport.

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2017, 08:37:29 AM »
Must be good xray machines they are using now

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2017, 10:40:19 AM »
I know people who have had beach stones confiscated  at Dalaman  Airport.


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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2017, 10:43:12 AM »
As usual, the tabloids presenting the story in an anti Turkish light, mentioning the guy is an ambulance driver to garner sympathy for him. If a Turk had come to England and was caught in a similar position, I wonder what the papers would say then? 

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2017, 11:37:22 AM »
Yes three years ago my grandson had pebbles confiscated at Dalaman Airport which they picked up on the scanner.  They warned him that it was against the law to take anything like that out of the country, they even asked for his passport which they returned within 5 mins, we wonder whether they made a note for future reference if it were to happen again, not that it would after that.

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2017, 12:28:00 PM »
I know people really, really miss Turkey when they are back in the UK, but smuggling it home, bit by bit, in your suitcases is overdoing things a little.

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Re: An innocent mistake or something else
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2017, 17:37:07 PM »
If it was him that found the coins and not his children then it would look like he's trying to cover himself,

As I understand it they were in his luggage so what does it matter who found them.

What I was getting at was, did he think he might get away lighter if he put the blame on innocent children, maybe just a telling off and confiscation instead of jail.




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