Thread: Customs rifle barrels clearance

Originally Posted by Plinky

I had some mags held on 30 September. No notification from customs but knew from the parcel tracking. Emailed customs, no response. Then made multiple phone calls which never got answered, left several messages and also emailed again with no response over the following few weeks. Customs already held the import permit from a delivery earlier in the year when I had other mags delivered post Christchurch terror attack.

I did get an email from the arms officer asking for the permit, despite it being clearly stated they have it already which I pointed out again. This was on 19/11 nothing since then.

The Police have told Customs import permits are single use now.

So no matter how much is on one permit it can only be used one time, even if only for one item out of many...

Customs use to just fill in the number of items on the import permit until it was full or it expired after a year & was sent back to the holder

That was a great system, easy for customs & the holder....