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From Pakistan? Check for explosives
A cricketer who ordered eight bats from Pakistan was shocked to discover Customs officers had drilled holes in them. Stunned Dilawar Hussain opened the package containing his batting gear to find it all ruined. Each cricket bat and two pairs of pads had two drill holes in them. Customs officials said they had been looking for bombs and drugs. The 28-year-old said: It is totally unbelievable. What were these people thinking. How could I possibly hide anything in the crickets bats? You would have hoped these people would have used some common sense. The bats are for members of the teams I captain in local leagues. The lads are more perplexed than I am as they were looking forward to using the bats and pads during the new season. I bought the cricket bats in Lahore and each one cost me 8,000 rupees. I have just wasted my money. I checked every one and everything seemed to be okay. I had them packed and before I left I got DHL to ship them over. The bats and pads arrived and I was shocked to find they had holes drilled into the front of them. Interestingly, said Dilawar, I rang Pakistan and they said UK authorities had made the holes. When I rang the UK office they said Pakistan had done it. Posted by: john frum 2009-05-10 |
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