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I think it is a matter of being discreet. If I pick up a bottle of Appleton or Tortuga in port, I just wrap it in a beach towel and put it in my snorkel bag. I don't wrap it in the towel to conceal it because the x-ray can "see" through a towel. I wrap it to keep it from breaking. I have never had a bottle confiscated when employing this method. On the other hand folks who bring a few bottles in the brightly colored shopping bags and boxes from the stores in town might as well be waiving a red flag at the "confiscators".
I think it is a matter of being discreet. If I pick up a bottle of Appleton or Tortuga in port, I just wrap it in a beach towel and put it in my snorkel bag. I don't wrap it in the towel to conceal it because the x-ray can "see" through a towel. I wrap it to keep it from breaking. I have never had a bottle confiscated when employing this method.
On the other hand folks who bring a few bottles in the brightly colored shopping bags and boxes from the stores in town might as well be waiving a red flag at the "confiscators".