customs checkpoints
Entry inspection points
Customs checkpoints are stations where government officials inspect people, vehicles, and goods crossing a border or entering a country.
Officers check documents, search for contraband, and assess duties on imported items.
The term also applies to internal checkpoints near borders: We hit a customs checkpoint fifty miles from the crossing.
Airport customs inspects arriving international passengers and their luggage.
- border patrolBoundary enforcement agency
- passport controlBorder document verification point
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- import dutiesTaxes on incoming goods
- nothing to declareCustoms checkpoint affirmation
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