Customs seizes Wedding Dress from Bride
"THE customs department's efforts to clamp down on duty dodgers went a bit far when officers seized a wedding dress. The department has been accused of ruining a couple's big day as a result of confiscating a bride's gown in an incident which could do serious damage to the department of tourism's push to make the Cayman Islands the destination of choice for weddings. The customs boss denied that her officers did anything wrong however and stated that the couple should have declared the dress when they arrived and paid a deposit. As a result of the failure to disclose the various outfits carried by the wedding party and because the bride didn't have a receipt for her dress officers seized it.", reported the Cayman News Service. "My wife was crying, my mother was crying - it was just a massive ordeal. It was not the homecoming I wanted, it was devastating.", said the bridegroom. Collector of Customs at H.M. Customs Department, Samantha Bennett, said passengers are required to make a full declaration of all goods being imported onto the island, and failure to do so would result in the seizure of goods and fines imposed. This couple was finally let off with a deposit of 60 dollars.