French national Frederick Mandret from Guadeloupe has learnt the hard way that it does not pay to be dishonest in completing the customs declaration form.
Mandret arrived in Dominica on June 22, 2012 and failed to declare to customs that he had in his possession Euro 4,550.00 (EC$16,440.52).
He pleaded guilty to ‘false declaration to customs’ and was fined EC$12,000.00 to be paid forthwith – he faces one year in jail if he defaults on that payment.
According to reports, Mandret arrived on the island and on the customs declaration form which required the individual to declare whether he or she has in his/her possession $10,000.00 and over he replied “no.”
He was detained and questioned by customs and was not able to give an account of the funds.
In court, speaking through a French interpreter, Mandret pleaded guilty to making “a false declaration to customs.”
In his mitigating plea, attorney David Bruney who represented the French national, told the court that his client was a first time offender had not wasted the courts time and was in Dominica to spend the money as a tourist.
He also argued that not being able to speak proper English, his client misunderstood that section, a view not held by Chief Magistrate Evelina Baptist who pointed out that he filled all the other sections.
Bruney also asked the magistrate to consider the amount of money, that it was only an excess of “EC$6, 440.52” and that she should not impose any additional fine, a view she also disagreed with.
“He is eager to return home to his family, he is a first time offender and has co-operated,’ Bruney said.
In passing sentence the magistrate said that the offence is strongly frowned upon by the law and as such the maximum penalty is EC$100,000.00 or five (5) years jail.
She said she took into account his guilty plea and the fact the law allows her to give what she described as ‘a discount.”
Chief Magistrate Baptiste also said that among the aggravating factors was that Mandret was trying to “deceive customs”.
She also rejected his lawyer’s comments that the money was to be spent in Dominica “as a tourist.”
“I won’t comment on that except to say that his failure to declare the stated amount leaves several suggestions open.., ” she said.
The prosecution also requested from the court that the Euro 4,550.00 be confiscated – the request was granted.
I am sorry to say the actions centiments & penalties imposed on the french national is of the majestraits and the customs officials descretion and juridiction, yes the man may have failed to declare the amount of cash he had but that to my mind that is no serious criminal offence to warrant such steep penalty.
People killed people and they were granted bail immediately, and couple months later they throw out the case from the courts, as witnesses were influenced by the then parl rep, an innocent life was lost with a wife and four children and mother left behind to suffer the loss of their father and bread winner
The French tourist market is a very fluent market for Dominica, what message are you sending to our french neighbours?
I strongly suggest that the man be refunded his full amount of cash with an apology so that we can do some damage controle.
the people of dominica must stop that,it is unfair to do that to someone.the man came to enjoy his life,but they make the man money go up in their head,work hard for allu own,stop trying to count people money instead get your own to count,an that goes out to the custom officers an law is law but that one dr not rite that is being greedy…….but the man wil get back his money just wait an see……!
I understand you commentators concerns…
But why is the man travelling with all this cash? In the 2012? In a modern world of Debit Cards,Travellers cheque and so forth?
Don’t you all realise rich people or people that have money never walks with so much cash? In fact they almost never have cash in their hand!
In most cases the people that have all these cash on then is gained from or to do some illegal activity!! If not then why risk being robbed ect? from holding all this money on you?
SMH!!!!!
we are in two french country the limit should be 10000us or euro
remember there money higher that ours if you have to go one to one.
the government system in dominica have us thinking poor
Honestly, if I were in the mans’ position, I would hire my french lawyer. Firstly, he is French and may have difficulty understanding the English language. He left out the question about how much he carried because he may not have been quite certain as to how much the equivalence of his Euros converted to dollars. And, since when Euros automatically become dollars? He was not carrying 10,000 EUs…he carried 4,550 EUs. I don’t know what an EU looks like but I’m pretty sure there is not a $ (dollar)sign printed on the face of the EU.
It is a financial restraint for anyone except those who are in control to take over $10,000.00 to Dominica. Someone with 100,000.00 would be required to declare ten times or wire the money via these financial octopuses. Take a random survey in index of prices and one would see 4000,00 is chicken feed to have in Dominica for vacation. The family of this unfledged magistrate should be ashamed of her handing that ridiculous punishment on the poor man. The other potion will force the people to consume their their money abroad. Since vat was introduced it became more difficult to import cars and many other commodities to Dominica.It is what it is.
It’s not that you are not allowed to bring in $10,000. You can carry any amount of cash you want. However the law REQUIRES that you DECLARE cash equivalent of $10,000 and above. But just rest assure, if you do declare that amount of cash Customs is probably going to question you about it.
Believe it or not, even today there are legitimate
business men/women who prefer to do cash transactions and they tend to travel with mucho dinero. And that’s perfectly legal.
Touring musical artist like danchall DJ’s and rappers are notorious for carrying large cash amounts. US$100,000.00 is sometimes their pocket change.
The thing is once you do not give Customs reasons to believe that your cash is from “illegitimate means” then you have no problem. And even if Customs seizes your cash because they believe it’s from drugs sales for instance, the weight of proof is on them in court. In other words in court you don’t have to prove anything. They have to provide the evidence to prove that the money you have is illegitimate. And that is very difficult.
For rappers and business men/women carrying loads of cash through Customs might not be a hassle. But for the rest of us it would probably best not carrying that kind of money through Customs.
Well obviously cash couriers for drug traffickers is a whole other story. That’s one of the very reasons we have this declaration requirement in the the first place. And that is at any Customs port of entry in the world.
@ Anonymous
Some people do not need to bring in that amount. They should only bring in enough money to cover the expense if they are in transit and should they have to pay overweight and hotel costs. When they arrive they could go to the bank and withdraw whatever they want from their ATM, etc. This is also safer. Why would he not have changed the Euros where he originated and also did likewise as purchasing money orders/ travelers’ cheques when he arrived? We will never know. However, a smart person and one who is accustomed to traveling would have done just that.
Another matter, if he does not speak proper English, he would have needed a French interpreter. This is grounds for appeal.
They will seize your money and you probably may not get it back. Does it ever cross anyones’s mind that it is not cheap to travel or to live and that it doesn’t have anything to do with drug trafficing? This is a control mechanism on the little people. The ones that are above the law ship millions around without a hitch and carry it on their private planes. Question a lot of these laws and their purpose.
are children allowed to carry cash too?
are children allowed to have cash too when travelling in Dominica?
Next time I visit Dominica I bringing $1.
First of let me say that I’m not legal expert.What I’m trying to do is observe and and try to make sense of things.I wonder if this court was operating under common law, from my observation it seems not. The bases for this judgement was a law which was imposed by the legislature or Government which was asked to do so to comply with an international treaty which is part of uniform international system of commercial law to govern the new global economy that is why all countries around the world have such law today, so i cannot see it as common law and i wonder what jurisdiction this Court was under to carry such verdict.
I have noticed that what we call Laws comes from people who happen to be in power who say what the law is and that is the law. I also think Frederick Mandret got poor representation from the lawyer,what a poor defense. What happened with this case shows how the law operates in an occult manner under the name of justice.
@ Gary
I tend to believe you. The Euros were approximately $4,000, a little over. The question was about $10,000 and over. The question asked DA dollars. Mention was not made and consideration was not given about the conversion of Euros to DA dollars. The question was not explicit to him and for one who is French. He did not bring in $10,000 Euros.
This rings true.
I do think that the magistrate erred and did not put on her thinking cap; likewise his lawyer representation.
If they were in Canada or in another progressive country, the French man could have been acquitted. This would be on a technicality of the questionnaire and the magistrate’s conclusion.
Those who comment about it appear to be more intelligent than the magistrate and the lawyer. They utilized their common sense.
This reminds me, do you ever watch the U.S. program Jeopardy and similar ones? I heard on a TV program and jokingly so, those who view these programs at home have the answers before the one who is being questioned about it.
Can we find him to pursue this case?
Let us keep up amicable dialogue on all matters. All of us can learn from others. DNO is allowing us to do so. Thanks to DNO!
Why dominica is killing its tourism itself? When I am coming in dca for 3 weeks I am spending more than 12 000 EC. When I have rental to pay, car rental, food, shopping, sovenir to buy and so and so, that is exactly the amount of money I use to spend. Why do u cut this coming of euros for Dominica??? If u don’t want to laundry dirty money, just check the origin of the fund and the bank statement of the carrier.
Dc
all skerrit want to do is try and tax all people in all kind of way so what if a man travel with over 10 g once he didnt get it illegal is all. time for them to change that policy let money roll.
this is official highway robbery.you charge the man and still confiscate the money.beware of the eyes of march!
All the same I feel sorry for him. The poor man. He should have changed the money from his point of origin and carried a money order with him. He lost a lot of money. It is not something he will ever forget and the embarrassment of being arrested and charged and left with nothing. He also had to pay the lawyer’s fee.
He was not deported and I suppose that he could return to DA but of course, if he does, it will not be soon. Or will he have a bitter taste for DA and traveling to it? Probably a tourist lost to DA forever.
OH LORD DEAR GOD, I look Forward to the day I will be working hard to get LAWS CHANGE IN DOMINICA because this one is extremely UNREASONABLE!!!!
I clearly understand the fact that “suggestions or questions” are left open when an individual is carrying such an amount of money into a country and do not declare it. But there should be a clause allowing for taking into consideration the persons past criminal records before handing over such a judgement. I know they’re a French National but with technology, They could retrieve such info from the neighboring island. SECONDLY, CONFISCATING THE PERSON’S ENTIRE MONEY??!! THAT IS VERY VERY UNREASONABLE without a doubt that this person will NEVER EVER advice someone to visit the island. I wonder if he was a first time VISITOR at that!
THIRD AND LAST… Because all his money was GRANTED CONFISCATION… I WOULD NOT CRY IF I HEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO FUTURE DOMINICANS WHO GO OVER AND TRY TO BE BIGGER BOSS IN ANOTHER MAN’s COUNTRY!!!! they could be linient and charge him less!! PERIOD!!!
LAWS REALLY NEED TO BE CHANGED!!!
This law was made worldwide by the bankers. They want to track their money.
All d borbol they doing in customs they holding french man. Leave them for god he is the judge. Frenchy if u lie darpwae ou but if u innocent and they take yur money jah go crail dem.
Nothing short of govt. robbery via the court system on behalf of the bankers. They want everyone else poor and to traffic their money any way that they wish, after all, they are above the law.
is no wonder dominica behind like that…..people doing worst than that and they charging them little money….dominica is so ridiculous with its court system
Dominica has no laws at all smh what a place mi un plac
Smh it`s a big joke the Lawyer is insulting the siting magistrate with all those BS excuse only in Dominica. The penalty in my opinion would be a fine of all the cash found in the defendant`s possession plus his shirt and pants and the Lawyer`s fee, and deportation forthwith in his underwear. Imagine I am siting in New York reading that BS and smfh.
the law is all over
the law is the law all over
He is fortunate, that he was only fined $12,000.00 and that the whole amnout was not seized from him. I know for a fact in the Dominican Republic that he would loose everything.
one of the ten commandments is “THOUGH SHALL NOT STEAL” white colour theft is theft, your concience finds you guiilty.
This would have been thrown out of court in another country. Once gave a lift to a nurse to work.Was stopped by the popo for a malfunctioning light. He wrongly wrote out the charge. Was sent to court explained the situation ,the officer didn’t even bother turning up.Still was charged by the prosecuter as the charge was amended on the spot by another popo. Had to pay though unemployed. Some of those custom officers are indeed jealous as i know many of them.The court is arbitary to say the least.Good luck to those of you left on that island. Me i am not returning. Too much ignorance and stupidity…..
Who guarding the guard?
I truly believe that is was a case of misunderstanding on the french national part. What the fail To mention was whether it was the man 1st time coming to Dominica. Because for me if I have Euro $4550.00 Then to me is cash of $4550.00 I have on me . Not $10000.00. The things the would enforce in the court of law in Dominica butMurders walking on on street free though Even though ignorance is no excuse for the law ,I believe the jugde stretch the joke on the penalty. People chaping up people in Dominica and paying next to nothing the poor man they have strenght on.
geez………….if you are only allowed to bring in $10.000.00 …….how can they charge you $12,000.
as stated the could charge you 100 000
@ carrotop
He failed to declare the full amount. Therefore he has to bear the penalty.
They want to make an example of the guy to get the rest of the sheep in line.
ai agree with Joe. It is not right to evaluate the currency to suite the Bee wee. The Question those not ask For $10,000. or the equevalent the law needs to be revisited. The prosecutor who requested the all the money be confiscated, himself is a dishorness person. Whose time will soon come.
I’m concerned
Should this not be ‘dishonest?’ He was caught, arrested and charged. There is a price to pay for being dishonest for non-declaration or making a false one of goods and money brought into Dominica.
not $28,550.00( 12,000.00+ 4550.00 EURO.OR 16,440.00 PLUS
I would like to know where this money goes too!
To buy cameras for the prison to keep them under watch and those who might come and throw the drugs over the prison fence.
oh.oh.after reading the decleration i just realise that its $10.000.00 or the equavelency..but again the big guys passing with the brief case and no body checking
you are so right
and the worst part is that they took all and expect him to pay more .the man is no way wrong there .he said he did not have $10.000.and he is damn rite he does not have that amount ,they need to go back to read what the decleration says
@ original(joe)
Since he did not declare the amount, I do think the Law – any Law has the right to confiscate the entire amount.
They take the man money then fine him again how is he expected to pay…. WE know there is the Law but we need to get REAL………………….
WELL WELL WELL it was OKAY for Bubbles to HOLD a Gun to a lady Head While on a public Road..
He Got $1000 fine suspended for 2YEARS…. He did have to pay a penny. The Gun was confiscate But the appeal judges see it fit to give him back the GUN …
does the form say 10000 euro or ec… i thing that the should check that and whaT was the value of the euro at the time…
@ JCB
And how did all those guns and ammunition including crime parapharnelia enter Dominica? How did the carriers pass through Customs and also at the Airport and not get caught? Strange isn’t it?
I read and calculated after he paid the fine he would have change. But as I continued reading I learnt he would have nothing for all was confiscated and he still has to pay a fine. WOw!
The customs officers is the ones we should check. I Know the law is the law but check them first they are the one messing about with the government money
You people need to understand WHO is making the laws and for what reasons. They are generally not for the general benefit of the common person. They only benefit special interests. Why should carrying any amount of money be a crime if it is your legally obtained money?
I am seriously tired of the Double standards in this country. We say “oh its the law,” Well Having drivers license and insured vehicles is the law too. So many vehicles uninsured and people driving no licenses.
Them police doing nothing about it. And the police know. especially in the rural communities. We ignore want we want and fine others.
dominica nice but lawless crooked police bad judges get youall priority right make sure all transport have insurance and licence stop beggars in the streets let police work for their money and employ better qualified people and learn respect for people
I think that the french man misunderstood the form, and he should have gotten a lighter fine.
Anyways when de frenchman go back, he go spoil that custom officer. Think those french man playing. Hmmmm
Haha is d man money they wanted. Those sarqwae voleh. U right a kool warjae they will get. I think d man mistake the numbers. French people do have english problems. They mayb take d man money to go do thing.
Its needs to clearly state EC$10,000
Because most Countries have that $10ooo limit. Dominica need to state the Currency. He had less than $10K in his currency.
She could have simply charged the Man Western Union fees… Since he could have sent it western Union, No questions asked. lol
I think we are missing the intent for the laws/ regulations.
a few months ago i had a 3oz of lotion in my carry on. I took it out at security. She told me it needs to be in a clear zip lock bag. I told her its one item and you can clearly see the size. she said, sir, you will have to leave it here if you don’t have a zip lock bag.
She got visibly upset. I thought i ruined her entire day because I didn’t have a zip lock bag. She couldn’t even tell me the reason for the regulation other than its the law. I passed through many airports in the Caribbean and North America and providing it is clear what you have, its not a problem.
The reason for the zip lock bag was to a form of measure for the total amount of liquid and gels allowed in <3oz units. But she didn't care.
With all her talking, i forgot to remove my laptop, and she didn't even notice it. "The more you watch the less you see"
I disagree with u. I’m Dominican/U.S citizen and allow me to correct u on tht. It is madated that u carry all liquids of up to 3oz in a clear “ziploc” bag whether it be clear or not. The rationale behind it is tht if the substance is potentially dangerous/suspicious then the bag minimizes human contact. This issue arose a few years back with the anthrax threat in the U.S and U.K.
Pure BS from Homeland Security. After all, water is a no no before the TSA check point at the airports but you can buy it at the kiosks after the check point to take on the plane. Now they are going around the waiting area and swabbing your water bottle like you are a criminal. Wake up….it has nothing to do with your safety. It has to do with looking at everyone as a criminal and a complete take over by the bankers.
There is no rational for this BS. Get a clue. It is gestapo tactics and testing the public on how much they will tolerate to the point of having no rights whatsoever.
Great point! The man saw 10 thousand. No currency is stated. Is he to assume that it is the currency of the land? Dominica also used US currency, EUR currency as legal tender.This should have been the argument. The declaration form need to be revised, and amended! All other countries it 10 thousand USD. The international Anti Money Laundering Laws cater for this as the minimum. On what premise did they confiscate the mans money? Was it immediately taken to the accountant general? What became of the funds.
I too had the similar experience at the airport. My hair gel is 8oz. However, there was only a “kwas” in the tube. The lady was insistent that I trash it. The tube was in a Ziploc bag as I am very mindful after having “lost” many lip gloss. I had to inform her that the law is meant to guide you. But these people at the airport are more interested in taking your items as they could have informed you that the restaurant, as well as the agricultural inspection desk has bangs for sale.
I guess you are lucky, you are able to go through customs in the U.S with a 3oz lotion in your hands and it’s not in a ziploc bag with no problems. I have to put mine in a ziploc bag and show it to them if not I have to put it in my luggage. That’s to show how some people get away with stuff
i would say good job…but alas..the judgement is not meted out equally..others get away each and every day!!
Only in Dominica can you steal a mans money, because he has too much in his pocket. Please don’t expect your tourism to flourish, these are the things driving the nail in the coffin of tourism and ultimately Dominica’s welfare. It is sickening to read that a judge can be so ignorant to not see the “big picture”. Yup, steal his money, he wont be back, and everyone he knows will never come either…
What! are you for real???
What happens to the Euro they confiscated?
It disappears.
Oh boy…..The last time i was in DA i took $9000. and put no on the form. I thought it was $10000.00us you had to declare. Sorry guy but i am learning from your mistake. I am building in DA so everytime i come down i bring $9000. with me.
@ D/can for life
For your safety and protection of your possessions as also money, never divulge your name and area in DA.
Did he think they meant $10,000 Euros? That could be the reason he answered “no.”
well i alwayz think it was $10.000.00 in any currency .not the equevalent .i never no it had to be converted.i traveled with us$4.000.00 and i put no on the papaer to.(i think the law needs to over see that)
Be it EC $ o US $, he had in excess of the $ stipulated. Matter of fact he had Euros which are NOT $ (EC or US) so he should have known. He should have been jailed.
Assertive, NOT Agressive!
@ shameless
Still, I feel sorry for him. Always place yourself in the other person’s position.
I think the law needs to be nullified.
I can understand how he miss read the form especially if is his first time in dominica and does not know the exchange rate. Because the form ask if you are carring 10,000 or more and rightly speaking he was only carrying 4,600 so i think the court should have been easier on him. Because when you fine him 12,000 and now he only have 6,000 to spend he wont be staying in dominica we need to encourage people not run them..just saying….
@jadi…..while i understand you point…if the law says rape is illegal/an offence….would you not charge someone if they rape your wife or sister saying they didnt interprete the law right???
the accused may be given a less harsh penalty if its first time offence or different circumstances…but the fact is the act was commited…..the actual document is clear english…if you travelled to russia and the customs doc was in russia would you fill it out and attach you signature to it?? or would you inticate to the immigration or customs that the form is not in your native language????…..if you fill in that form and sign….you have declared that you read and understand that form….the maximum fine as stated was $100 000.00…..he paid only 12 000….and forfieture of his undeclared amount….the magistrate did not see it fit to impose the maximum….
@ Jadi
You made a good point. He could very well have thought that. A case of language mis- understanding and misinterpretation.
pound dem customs
This is what i am talking about, let them know that they will not be paying peanuts anymore, fine and confine that’s the way to go
What reason did they have to detain and then search him? i mean 4 thousand Euros? that is pocket change!!!! somebody sell mister out! these laws are in place to stop money laundering etc…. and meanwhile customs and immigration letting some pass with briefcase full.
when 4000 euros is pocket change then you know that people in DA rich!
You obviously don’t know how much money is floating around this island, especially among some in govt. service.
Allu already confisticate it n allu still want him to pay 12000, 4 allu he wrkin nah,
boss get you own name, you pirate….
that is nonesense 1 day allu will stop play Almighty,Jah go judge the judge
so if he had at atm card that could be accessed in a bank in dominica would he have to declare that too ?
i mean the man had less than 5000 euro in his pocket, dem customs officers grudge the man….
i travel with 9000 dollars in cash nobody aint ask a question….
if the man had like 10 thousand euro fine….
anyway it will help go to the liat fund……
shut up! stop trying to bad man. you had less than 10,000. next time doh declare what you have nuh and you will see. That frenchman got off lightly in my opinion.
@ STOP CRIME
I have traveled to DA and I cannot remember ever being asked how much money I had with me. I suppose these days times have changed. I hope they will give everyone the same treatment.
GOOD JOB STOP THE EVEL PEOPLE FROM DESTROING OUR YOU FRENCH AND OTHERS
What??? Are you even speaking English? For all I know you could be cursing us out without our knowledge.
Well! Thank you our common entrance fund collecting. Ever so kind and all u saying french people don’t like to spend money.
alas alas it rough.peaple read the custom form.alot of dominican not taking the form serious but is when they reach infront a magistrate and realise it not a joke they want to cry.i went thru similar situation with customs…it was innocent….i just tick all no….in the end it was an offence and was fined for having 7000us…dominican the reason you have the money dont matter…is the offence.
Look bull. Dominica is making a habit out of running people away from Dominica. I understand he broke the law. Fine the man a small fee and let the man enjoy his time in DA. Fining the man 10K then confiscating the man money….Just ridiculous!!!!
I agree and they wonder why this country is not moving forward…
If it was the laws of another country you had broken (say the US for example) you would not have gotten a slap on the wrist. In addition, you would be deported….Never to return to their country. People must learn to respect and comply with rules and regulations. That’s the bottom line.
Anonymous, you can’t compare Dominica to the US. I am tired of saying this to you guys. The US is a sustainable country despite the tough economical times. Secondly, people desire to go the US. The US tourism market sector is booming andI can’t say the same for Dominica. So let’s think bigger and stop letting little things dirty Dominica’s name in the grand scheme of things.
I agree that he broke the law. He would probably be ok with a small fine becasue he broke the law and then enjoyed Dominica with the rest of his money. He would probably return to his country and tell his friends that he had a good time in Dominica however he had a ittle set back with the law and if they ever visit make sure they obey the laws because they don’t play down there…But now he is never going to return to Dominica he going to ensure he tell all his friends, family and who ever will listen don’t ever go to Dominica. Remember bad customer service travels much quicker than good service.
We need to promote the country not kill it and situations like that definitely kills the country.
You have been taught well Mr. Sheep. Nothing like that mind control to make people conform to anything that is put into law or not.
i have to totally agree with you.
**Thank You!! WE MUST OBEY THE LAW**
We are third world BUT we must all obey the laws of the land INCLUDING TOURIST/VISITORS!! Law and order must prevail at all times. Otherwise we shall all suffer if lawlessness prevails!!
The fact that he said “no” seems like he was trying to hide something!! Now any reasonable person might think that he probably was attempting to engage in some shady and illegal activities[buying drugs being one of them].
I’m proud of our officers!!
Small minded but hey again it’s typical of Dominicans. We quick to judge. Until you open your mind, the first thing you will think is he is going to be engaging in illegal activities. In the grand scheme of things that is no money but again in DA that is a truck load. I know hard working folks enganging in legal activities that touch that kind of money daily….Nothing exciting about that.
Hey Rocks….
“He was detained and questioned by customs and was not able to give an account of the funds”.
Hello!!! Tap your brakes! Is not D’ca that implement that silly law! Is the same “good ol’ US of A” all you jokers like to run to, that force the little countries like ours to implement that demmm law, so that we will not come under “black-list”
WAKE UP!! All you sleeping on all you!
@ Rocks
Hotel costs, food and entertainment are expensive. That money could have been used up in less than no time.
That is why you are a slave and only living under the illusion that you are free.
Good job customs keep the areaa sanitize from these thugs that are coming in here to tarnish the nature isle. You all are working, law enforcement is at an all time high in this country. Never before you all have been so successful
only for one set the law is being kept? After the man have to pay 12thou, all u still taking his money? Admin, i dont expect to see my comment posted as usual.
I Agree the law is the law but the custom offer in there thing too , let them check themself first that’s who the police should check lol, but who check thepolice ha ha ha , we do not know so we in trouble alas.