I'm traveling to Australia from Scotland and I want to bring my external hard drive- is there a chance it will be checked by customs?
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I would say that everyone would be checked by customs regardless if they had a hard drive or not. If that is all it is I doubt there will be any major problem.+5
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Although it does happen on occasion, it would be incredibly rare, and they would have to have their suspiscions for that to happen. Usually you would just be asked to remove the lap top and hard drive from your bag to go through xray.
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I've taken a computer (not an external hard drive) in and out of Australia 3 times and its never been checked. Most countries scan your computer when you go through security but I've never had it turned on or checked by customs. All electronic gizmos go through the scanner. But that is not to say that it wont be checked by customs or security. Especially if they think there is something suspicious, dangerous or illegal on it. Australia are hyper sensitive about any food stuff entering the country. Sniffer dogs are on the prowl when you are in line. I've seen people getting instant fines for a small pot of honey). Quite right too. I wish the UK were that careful.
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