U.K. girl uses her toy unicorn’s fake passport to get through Turkish customs

[kingskring]

A couple were left stunned after their nine-year-old daughter managed to pass through Turkish customs officers - with a passport identifying her as a UNICORN.

Emily Harris had taken a toy passport she had made for her toy unicorn, Lily, on holiday with her.

And when the family passed through customs at Antalya airport to start their one-week holiday, flustered mum Nicky accidentally handed over the toy's passport instead of Emily's.

But they were stunned when they later realised their mistake - and discovered passport officials had even STAMPED the unicorn's passport, granting it access to the country.

Nicky, 43, from Cwmbran, South Wales, said: "I didn't realise until I was putting the passports away. There was a moment of panic when I thought someone would come chasing after us, but nothing.
"The passport doesn't even look real - it's got gold teddy bears on the front and was a completely different size from mine and my husband, Allen's.

"The man even asked Emily how old she was, and she told him nine, before he stamped it."

It was only when they got outside that Nicky realised that instead of handing in Emily's passport, she had shown her daughter's Bear Factory passport for a Unicorn toy called Lily Harris.

"The picture ID wasn't even of Emily, it was of a pink unicorn.
And to make it worse, the unicorn wasn't even on holiday with us.

"We saw the funny side, and laughed at the fact that the officer had even stamped the passport.

"But at the same time, it's a worry to any parent, how easy it would be to smuggle a child through customs and into another country."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...pass-turkish-customs-report-article-1.1370480

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[irunthepeg]

Future fugitive right there.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I'd like to think that this was just a Turkish customs official having a little bit of fun, and making light of what has become a stressful situation (air travel). Using common sense to realize that a 9-year old girl is no security threat, and stamping the fake unicorn passport just for fun.

Like a stewardess making sure a girl's teddy bear is properly buckled in, or something.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

I'd like to think that this was just a Turkish customs official having a little bit of fun, and making light of what has become a stressful situation (air travel). Using common sense to realize that a 9-year old girl is no security threat, and stamping the fake unicorn passport just for fun.

Like a stewardess making sure a girl's teddy bear is properly buckled in, or something.

i hope to god that you're right

 

[WeWantTacos]

Who the **** names a unicorn Lily Harris?

 

[Hansen]

I'd like to think that this was just a Turkish customs official having a little bit of fun, and making light of what has become a stressful situation (air travel). Using common sense to realize that a 9-year old girl is no security threat, and stamping the fake unicorn passport just for fun.

Like a stewardess making sure a girl's teddy bear is properly buckled in, or something.

At the same time a pair of adults providing fake identification for a child travelling with them at an airport should be a huge red flag and the official should have demanded proper id.

 

[beowulf]

This is old.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Who the **** names a unicorn Lily Harris?

Got a dog named Lily Flowers...

 

[Dog]

I'd like to think that this was just a Turkish customs official having a little bit of fun, and making light of what has become a stressful situation (air travel). Using common sense to realize that a 9-year old girl is no security threat, and stamping the fake unicorn passport just for fun.

Like a stewardess making sure a girl's teddy bear is properly buckled in, or something.

Child soldiers

 

[Ceremony]

I'd like to think that this was just a Turkish customs official having a little bit of fun, and making light of what has become a stressful situation (air travel). Using common sense to realize that a 9-year old girl is no security threat, and stamping the fake unicorn passport just for fun.

Like a stewardess making sure a girl's teddy bear is properly buckled in, or something.

Not necessarily: http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/02/woman...passport-after-security-didnt-notice-5920678/

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

Who the **** names a unicorn Lily Harris?

Who names a stuffed collie Puppy Googoo?

 

[John Price]

Who names a stuffed collie Puppy Googoo?

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[crump]

Part of me thinks it's awesome that someone can actually still do this. Part of me is scared *^*#%%# that someone can actually still do this.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I'd like to think that this was just a Turkish customs official having a little bit of fun, and making light of what has become a stressful situation (air travel). Using common sense to realize that a 9-year old girl is no security threat, and stamping the fake unicorn passport just for fun.

Like a stewardess making sure a girl's teddy bear is properly buckled in, or something.

This is exactly the sort of privileged mentality that allows the continued existence of international human trafficking rings run by terrorist-affiliated 9 year old girls.

 

[WeWantTacos]

That or Turkish customs is run by a bunch of turkeys!