Customs Officer Case Study

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What Customs Officer authorities did the officer use to justify the search?
The Customs Officer authorities used by the officers at the port was border search exception which is a Unites States criminal law that usually allows all kinds of searches and seizures at the US international borders and all their functional warrant actually without a warrant or even probable case.
How would the Customs Officer describe what was found in her reports to articulate her search and seizure?
After asking Mr. Noris a few questions on where he was going and what he was upto, I realized that he really fidgeting and suspected that something was not good and maybe he was trying to hide something bad. I handed him a customs declaration to fill out and by this

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