flutes – Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com Thu, 02 Jan 2014 04:54:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 U.S. Customs destroys a musician’s 11 flutes, declaring them to be agricultural products. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/u-s-customs-destroys-a-musicians-11-flutes-declaring-them-to-be-agricultural-products/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/u-s-customs-destroys-a-musicians-11-flutes-declaring-them-to-be-agricultural-products/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2014 04:54:23 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=26771 We’re here to help you: U.S. Customs destroys a musician’s 11 flutes, declaring them to be agricultural products.

A Canadian citizen, based in New York and with a green card employment permit, Bouzemaa was flying home from Marrakech, Morocco, when his baggage was opened by Customs at JFK.

‘I told them I had these instruments for many years and flew with them in and out,’ he said. ‘There were 11 instruments in all. They told me they were agricultural products and they had to be destroyed. There was nothing I could do. The ney flute can be made with bamboo. Is that agricultural?’

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