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Was wondering if many people travel on the trains and bring pot with them?

I will be doing some traveling and would like to have a little bit for the journey.

Don't do it, french customs are fucking assholes

I would be very careful. A lot of trains have drug sniffing dogs randomly doing checks. Depending on how much you had on you, you could be arrested or possibly deported.

I took about 4 high speed trains during my 15 days. French customs let us walk past. Swiss customs is always possible anywhere anytime on a train that STOPS there. I was on a train that simply went (didnt stop & didn't see custom reps) through, and also on a seperate line that stopped. They got on an checked passports. No dogs that time. I never carried anything, but if I had to say there was a liberal train system it is DB in Germany.

Many riders on the forums here. Lots of "tricks" isn't a problem or concern as much as you would think. Hard for us (usa/canadia) to imagine how vast and complete all those rail lines are. WWII wasn't that long ago. Have you seen the rail map?

Panog wrote:Don't do it, french customs are fucking assholes

If I mail you some are we good? lol

Have you ever brought any back?

Styl Eli wrote:

Panog wrote:Don't do it, french customs are fucking assholes

If I mail you some are we good? lol

Have you ever brought any back?

Only by car but I got arrested by the customs maybe 90% of the times I tried, if you give them what you have they're cool but the ones on the train are not the same...

I know someone who was caught in Germany. Big fine, took all the weed. Really, you could be fine or it could turn in to a huge hassle.

This Schnegen freedom of movement rhetoric seems just that in practice. Many countries have just shifted border duties from customs and immigration to the police. I've had Belgian police (not noted for their efficiency) poking around asking for my ID coming back from Holland.

As for the UK (not in Schengen) immigration are making more of a nuisance of themselves holding people up but in my experience customs seem now have bigger fish to fry than weekend stoners. Not that I'd recommend taking your chances.

youngian wrote:This Schnegen freedom of movement rhetoric seems just that in practice. Many countries have just shifted border duties from customs and immigration to the police. I've had Belgian police (not noted for their efficiency) poking around asking for my ID coming back from Holland.

As for the UK (not in Schengen) immigration are making more of a nuisance of themselves holding people up but in my experience customs seem now have bigger fish to fry than weekend stoners. Not that I'd recommend taking your chances.

For the record, I have taken the train to Brussels from Amsterdam (and back) probably 50 times in 3 years and never saw one Belgian cop on the train.

In terms of Schengen, it still allows for national customs officials to stop you anywhere in the EU. If you are driving in France. its quite possible from my experience.

Regardless, its quite risky to be smuggling weed on the train in Europe......

Went to antwerp last november & they were ZERO customs or even police,, Wouldnt try it for paris thou! as ive heard of the customs there even going tobacco tins etc,KD.

Kingdoc wrote:Went to antwerp last november & they were ZERO customs or even police,, Wouldnt try it for paris thou! as ive heard of the customs there even going tobacco tins etc,KD.

Yeah they're even going in your ass lol

Panog wrote:

Kingdoc wrote:Went to antwerp last november & they were ZERO customs or even police,, Wouldnt try it for paris thou! as ive heard of the customs there even going tobacco tins etc,KD.

Yeah they're even going in your ass lol

Stuff that man! no weed is worth a cavity search.

Marco wrote:

youngian wrote: For the record, I have taken the train to Brussels from Amsterdam (and back) probably 50 times in 3 years and never saw one Belgian cop on the train. ..

Me neither but coming back to Brussels from Maastricht I have as well as police and dogs in Leige. Had nothing to hide but really was too mashed to be using my limited French.

And what about eurolines?

Saw the customs 2 out of 4 Amsterdam-Paris trip with Eurolines