Thread: Brass from overseas. Permit to import required ?

Originally Posted by jackson21

Although no permit required expect some hassles, checked in a carton of 4000 empty 9mm Geco through Wellington domestic Airport. What a drama, they paged me, they called the Police....had to show my pistol license, police told them is fine. I told them it's just metal, nothing illegal. What a palava, Airport security not really that up with the law.
They said I should have told them, I was like tell you something that's not illegal, I did think of that but then thought that would have created more confusion.

Would just courier next time, but had do much problems with couriers a thought prefer to keep an eye on it.

Yep had the same with 9mm projectiles on an internal from Akl to Blenheim. I only had carry on and they were inside that quite happily but what a pain that was.

Then had to check a small back pack with about half a dozen items in after a work trip - tried to save about ten bucks on postage and cost me double!