Hey, recently my order of ivermectin and a couple other things from India was confiscated at the US border. They sent a form letter saying blah blah you can’t do that and if you do it again you “could be prosecuted” etc. has anyone had this happen before? The company says they will reship for free but it makes me just a bit nervous. It’s a small order so obviously not worth the time of the govt to actually prosecute but still.
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I have a rather checkered past and quite a bit of experience in this particular category.....
You're not going to get in trouble if you keep in mind anyone can order anything to anywhere.
It is highly highly unlikely that any resources or charges would ever be used for something like this.... but if it was it would come in one of 2 forms:
They would need you to admit that you ordered or had knowledge of something being sent to you that was illegal or a violation of US Customs.
They would need to do what's called a "controlled delivery" where they essentially have a federal officer deliver the package, have you signed for it or accept it, and then come back later with a search warrant.
And here's how you would deal with those two scenarios:
Don't answer questions. You don't know what it is and you don't know who is sent it to you. You are completely covered by plausible deniability.
Whenever I would receive a package that had anything in it that was less than legal I would leave it unopened by the door for about 48 hours. If it was something I had to sign for I would act completely surprised and be like "what's this? I wasn't expecting any packages" If law enforcement came back with a warrant and the package was unopened I could get away Scott free by the saying that I didn't recognize the package or the sender and I was going to send it back.
What's protecting you here is essentially anyone could send something illegal to someone that they didn't like to try to get them arrested. That doesn't mean the person with that address committed a crime.
Anyways you can take this legal knowledge I gained from my illicit activities from long ago and apply that to defying tyranny and other fun stuff.
Be safe and be informed.
Oh and I like Alldaychemist.com for my overseas medication orders.
Bonus unrelated protip: Mylar bags make anything in them invisible to x-rays and ALOT of your mail gets x-rayed.
Very excellent advice thank you so much. I already had told my wife not to sign for anything if it showed up.
She can sign for it, just don't say you were expecting it and leave it unopened by the door a couple of days IF it required a signature.
But always choose no signature for packages like this or if that's not an option, leave a signature waver form on your door for whatever shipping company it's coming through (you can get those from UPS, USPS, DHL, & FEDEX)