Busted At Border

[kurtis250]

I've been busted at the us border crossing from tijuana into the us, with about $1100(purchase price in mexico) worth of gear. it was me and a friend, driving across. when we got to customs, they immediately ordered us to pull over for a routine inspection. the only question that kept being asked was "do you guys have any steroids?" of course we answered "no" all three times and they made us exit the van so they could search it. we had the juice stashed behind the dash, in what we though was a pretty secure area. of course, they did find it, and proceeded to strip search us and found 1000 pills of clenbuterol in each of our jock straps. me and my friend are built pretty decent, but i didn't think either of our appearances screamed out "juiceheads".
to make a long story short, i took the heat for all of the juice, because i was driving(even though 3/4's of it was purchased by my friend) he got charged $1400. i got charged $73,000!!!!!!! neither one of us got jail time or arrested, but i think a month in jail might have been prefferred. both of us had clean records, with no arrests ever. HOW CAN I GET MY FINE REDUCED???? ANYBODY EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN????? I'm 24 years old, i'll never pay this off for as long as i live. please don't respond with any comments referring to what a dumbass i am, i already know that. ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

 

[superchicken]

holy shiat! 73,000!!!!!!!!!??????

 

[boss]

holy fuck!!!!!! i sorry to hear that but i cant help but holy fuck!!!! this is why i rather do business with a domestic and let them do the work........you would have saved some $$$$$$$$ wel 73,000$$$$$worth.......again sorry to hear that but holy fuck!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Thinker82]

Ouch $73,000!! Sorry to hear that bro.

I wouldn't be suprised if the border knew you were comming and had a description of your van. Becareful of who you trust.

As for lowing the fine. I think it is possible but not without losing money on a lawyer. Then again I know nothing of this area so I'll shut up.

Good luck

 

[solidspine]

Do a search there is an attorney here in Southern California who specializes in steroids and the law, I have seen post about him before.

There is also a website regarding steroids and the law and it may be sponsored by his law firm.

Wish I could be more specific.

I think they charged you $73,000 to scare you that would never hold up in court, the normal charge is approximately 5 times the value of the gear or $5500 plus legal fees. I am assuming you were stopped by the US customs not by Mexican police. If that were the case and you are home, you could forget the whole nightmare.

 

[hookuprx]

Since when does mexico have a police force?

thederrickm

 

[mvmaxx]

Ouch $73,000!! Sorry to hear that bro.

I wouldn't be suprised if the border knew you were comming and had a description of your van. Becareful of who you trust.

That's what I would guess. Maybe this post will put a rest to those who assume going to Mexico is less of a risk than ordering domestic or international.

 

[TNH]

Since when does mexico have a police force?

thederrickm

You are just joking, right?

Federales and Policia are all over Baja.

 

[kurtis250]

i was busted by US CUSTOMS and not mexican police, and "yes" i am at home now, in pennsylvania. i was vacationing.....some vacation. as i stated, i did NOT get arrested, just fined. i wish i did get arrested, if it meant that i fine would not be applyed. by the way, we parked the van and walked to the vets and pharmacies, to avoid them seeing our white van.

 

[bigpimp]

thats funny.........i got busted in tj border 2 months ago........but i spent about $2700 and only got fined $12,000
so either you are lying your ass off or i got very lucky