Detained by US Customs/Border Patrol
 

I and my trainer went into Canada this morning to drop a load and pick up another to bring back across the border. Everything went well until we got back to the US Customs. They ran my license and told me to park my truck and come in. My trainer and I went in to see what the problem was.

First, this happened right at their shift change. The guy who took our licenses and told us to report inside, went off duty. The oncoming shift took 45 minutes to find our licenses. Then one of them pulled me into a private room and asked me about a no contact order in the computer system. I explained that I had just gone through a divorce and there had been a temporary no contact order between my (then) wife and I. It was a mutual no contact order. He went into the back office for a while then came out and asked for the keys to the truck (my trainer's truck). He then went out and conducted a search of the cab (I assume he was looking for weapons). He then came back in and told us we were free to go. I asked him if there would be some notation in their computer records so I wouldn't be subject to this again (I will be crossing into and out of Canada everyday this week). He said there would not. As long as that no contact order is still in the system, I will be subject to go through this whenever they happened to run my name. We were held there for two and a half hours while they sorted it all out.

Now, this wasn't a protection order or an anti-harassment order. It was merely a no contact order.

I was on my cell phone as soon as I stepped outside the Customs office to my divorce attorney to get this cleared up.

What a day!

what a day!!!! be glad that it was ONLY 2.5 hours :lol:

Gee, i'm real sorry about the "no-contact order(?)". Things are so complicated when you become an adult.

I got turned away at Ogdensburg/Prescott (upstate NY) because my stupid company "forgot" to fax my paperwork in. So, i had to spend the night in a hotel. They denied me entry!!! Ouch. And yes, they searched the cab.


Then another time at Portal, N.portal...........ah you don't want to hear about it.

I'm up for a laugh. :lol:

Well I hope your attorney gets this all sorted out.
LOL Now you got me wondering if my no-contact order was ever lifted in 86.
I did one on my ex and in return she did one on me, just to try to tick me off.

I have never had troubles with Customs going into Canada but seems the US Customs are real works of art. It isn't just in trucking. When I was in the Military they always treated you like a criminal anytime you went through a port of entry in the United States. Apparently you Have to have a few turds over a basket full to be one of these shiatheads.

Hey look on the bright side. For every 5 times you get hauled into the Customs shack, you get a cavity search...FREE! :shock: :lol:

I almost went to Canada once with my mother, sister, husband and children.
We drove up there in two vehicles. All I can say is Thank the Lord it was before 911 !

We got turned back BIG TIME! As we followed my mom and sister coming back through the guy stops us and ask "How long were you in Canada?"

We said about twenty minutes. He looks at us like yeah right. Then my husband says we are with them. The guy looks and says Oh the pistol and the dog. :oops: :oops: I told him I must have been adopted :oops:

My mom forgot about the pistol in the glove box and my sister had her dogs without shot papers.

Goin Fer It's Wife

Our customs officers are nowhere near as bad as the U.S. ones. However, one time I had some idiots when coming back home to Canada. Usually they are far worse on the American side though. As if a bunch of Canadians are trying to smuggle illegal guns and such into the U.S. :roll: