Eurotunnel car checks

[stevejohnson]

What checks are made on cars passing through the Eurotunnel these days ? Do they inspect / sniff the cars ?

[MarillionFan]

What checks are made on cars passing through the Eurotunnel these days ? Do they inspect / sniff the cars ?

If the sniffer dogs dies when let in your car then rest assured you can assume you shouldn't have had that curry and 10 pints the night before.

[stevejohnson]

If the sniffer dogs dies when let in your car then rest assured you can assume you shouldn't have had that curry and 10 pints the night before.

Naa just thinking to take couple of joints with me from Holland.

[eek]

Naa just thinking to take couple of joints with me from Holland.

Then you may be safe. However if they find anything they have the right to confiscate and crush the car and everything in it as many booze cruise van hire firms found to their cost.

[Troll]

What checks are made on cars passing through the Eurotunnel these days ? Do they inspect / sniff the cars ?

When I used to use it regularly (on the UK>FR direction) they would occasionally direct my 4x4 into a shed on the left, just after you pass over the cattle grid apparatus (camera inspecting underside of the vehicle) and then proceed to take swabs of the door handles away for analysis (when questioned they said it was looking for explosive residues)

Probably didn't help when I called them fascist barstewards for doing so & and launching into my "Europe Sans Frontières "speech

Don't recall much for the FR>UK leg

HTH

[d000hg]

You're absolutely fine, they won't check at all and you can take whatever or whoever you wish through with you.

[VectraMan]

Re: Eurotunnel car checks

I've had my steering wheel swabbed before, never understood why.

I had une gendarme become concerned when I showed her my boot because I'd removed some of the lining. Which was strange because if I hadn't removed the lining, I'd have had plenty of space to hide drugs.

[BrilloPad]

What checks are made on cars passing through the Eurotunnel these days ? Do they inspect / sniff the cars ?

Yes. Everyone gets a fully body cavity search too.

[Paddy]

Naa just thinking to take couple of joints with me from Holland.

When I used to travel to and from Holland I was regularly stopped and the car searched. I used to always clean and check the car before I left Holland. I got so fed up at being stopped I made an official complaint.

I do not see why you want to risk bring some joints back when your car could be confiscated and you put into prison.

[BrilloPad]

I remember flying to Dubai and Mrs BP decided to make cannabis rice krispy chocolate cakes to relax me for the flight. Well actually they were made of skunk. I started to scoff them on the car park xfer coach - I had one left at the airport. First thing we spotted was a police dog - I stuffed the final one whole, threw away the wrapper and quickly left. Not sure if the dogs can detect skunk in cakes.

We then went to the airport lounge to get legless. The days before kids were great.