I can post even more draconian escopades at Heathrow.

There is an Australian TV program that's been on the air over a decade that just shows similar things all the time... "Border Security" or something like that. Similar programs have been made for UK and Canada. Everyone's shit stinks.

Doesn't mean, though, that this case wasn't one of abject stupidity on someone's part. Problem is, the reports sound really fishy. Just because I believe Customs agents have the potential to be dumb or insensitive, I am not going to believe that they were in this case without evidence; the story is very one-sided.

On a side note, the bandmates of this fellow (the musician) were acquaintances of mine in a former life, and I hear from/about them from time to time, so perhaps the full details will come 'round.