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Would it help to have electronics, phone included, in your checked baggage?
If not, then people might have to consider smuggling their phone through in a brick of coke. Or put it in a condom and swallow it.
this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2025
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When you enter the US, you have to claim your checked baggage as part of the process of going through customs, then re-check your bags if you're continuing on a domestic flight.
If you have a device in your checked bag:
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you're violating the safety rule about not having lithium batteries in checked luggage.
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if you're asked if you are travelling with a phone and you lie and say you don't have one, then if they search your bags and find it, then they'll have strong evidence that you lied to a federal officer, which is a crime.
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