Customs act in our interest

I FEEL a need to reply to recently published letters that have bagged customs.

I am a frequent overseas traveller and have been through a lot of airports under the current climate.

Surely people need to understannd we need to be checked more thoroughly as a result of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US.

Do we want an airliner ploughing into Parliament House? Of course not.

If Customs want to ask me questions or search me they can.

I have nothing to hide.

In reply to Gary Meyerhoff, Customs officers should be commended for their courteous behaviour.

Name and address withheld by request

This letter to the editor was published in the Northern Territory News on the 13th of July 2004. The name and address of the author was withheld by request.